Swedish, Fasternamål
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- Language: Swedish, Fasternamål
- Alternate names: -
- Language family: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Swedish
- Number of speakers: -
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Fasternamål is a Swedish vernacular spoken in the former Fasterna municipality and its surroundings in Sweden. The language cited here is refers to the language spoken in the end of the 19th century.
Swedish languages
[Edit] There are many variants of standard Swedish. Some of these are considered dialects and other as separate languages.
The verb
The verb is inflected in the same tenses as standard Swedish. Also the verbs follow the same conjugation classes and the division in regular and irregular verbs.
Sample verbs
| Conjugation | 1st weak | 1st strong | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sòpa (to sweep)) | bìta (to bite) | vàra (to be) |
| Supine | sòpa | bìte | vàre / vùre |
| Past Participle | sòpadæ | bìtin | vàrin / vùrin |
| Indicative Present | sòpar | bítər | ær / e / ə / æ |
| Indicative Past | sòpa | beet | vaor / vao / va |
| Imperative | sòpa! | bit! | ? |
References
- Tiselius, G. Ad.: Ljud- ock formlära för fasternamålet i Roslagen. Stockholm 1902-03. (Bidrag till kännedom om de svenska landsmålen ock svenskt folkliv XVIII. 5.