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Personal Pronouns

jag, du, han, hon, det/den, vi, ni, de

Subject pronouns

jag, du, han, hon, den/det, vi, ni, de.

📊 Subject pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st jag vi
2nd du ni
3rd masc. han de
3rd fem. hon de
3rd common den de
3rd neuter det de
3rd refl. sig sig
💬 Examples
jag / du / han / hon
yag / doo / hahn / hoon
I / you / he / she
📝 basic subject pronouns
vi / ni / de
vee / nee / dom
we / you (pl) / they
📝 de pronounced like dom in speech
du is universal — Swedish dropped formal address in the 1960s

The du-reform made du standard for everyone; ni is now only plural or archaic formal.

💬 Examples
Vad heter du?
What is your name? (to anyone)
📝 du used with strangers, bosses, anyone
Hur mår ni?
How are you all? (plural)
📝 ni = you (plural); not for formal singular
den and det refer to things by their gender

den = common-gender things; det = neuter things; det also = impersonal it.

💬 Examples
Var är bilen? Den är här.
Where is the car? It is here.
📝 bilen = en-word → den
Det regnar. / Det är kallt.
It is raining. / It is cold.
📝 det = impersonal subject