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[QANDA] De vs dem vs dom Topic is solved

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ShinyZoroark

[QANDA] De vs dem vs dom

Post by ShinyZoroark »

A lot of people, including some native speakers, seem to struggle with the difference. Therefore, this easy guide might help:

De = they
Dem = them
Dom = judgement

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Crahdol
Japan

Re: [QANDA] De vs dem vs dom

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I'll add to this, for those who would prefer a grammatical explanation:

De is always used as the subject of the sentence, i.e. the 'be-er' or 'do-er' of an action.
Example:
De gick till affären - They went to the store.
De är mycket vänliga - They are very friendly.

Dem is always used as the object of the sentence, i.e. the 'target' of an action (both direct and indirect)
Example:
Vi besökte dem igår - We visited them yesterday.
Hon gav dem kakor - She gave them cookies.

Both of these words are always pronounced DOM /dɔm/. You never write dom and you never say de/dem.

Note: The noun dom, meaning judgement, is pronounced /dɯːm/.

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Crahdol
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Basler Biker
Switzerland

Re: [QANDA] De vs dem vs dom

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Crahdol wrote: Sun Apr 24, 2022 9:03 am

Just a note on the IPA-reader URL's given, with Astrid as a parameter.
Here on my Chrome the IPA reader does not preselect the Astrid [Swedish] voice.
So you have to set it manually. Then let it read. Must be a bug or so.


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Crahdol
Japan

Re: [QANDA] De vs dem vs dom

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Basler Biker wrote: Mon Apr 25, 2022 2:16 pm

I noticed this as well, but for me it only displays the wrong voice. When I use the link and press read it uses the Astrid voice.

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Crahdol
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