Min skjorta hänger i garderoben, men hennes klänning ligger fortfarande på sängen.

Min means my and changes depending on the gender and number of the noun:

• min for common-gender singular nouns
• mitt for neuter singular nouns
• mina for plural nouns

So:

• en skjorta → min skjorta
• ett bord → mitt bord
• skjortor → mina skjortor

Hennes means her and does not change form. It stays hennes no matter what noun follows:

• hennes klänning
• hennes hus
• hennes skor

So hennesa is not a Swedish word.

This is because Swedish usually does not use the definite form after a possessive word like min, din, hennes, vår, etc.

So you say:

• min skjorta = my shirt
• hennes klänning = her dress

Not:

• min skjortan
• hennes klänningen

But garderoben and sängen are definite because they mean the wardrobe and the bed:

• i garderoben = in the wardrobe
• på sängen = on the bed

So the sentence mixes:

• possessive + indefinite-looking noun: min skjorta, hennes klänning
• regular definite noun: garderoben, sängen

Swedish often describes where things are by using a verb that matches their position, not just a general verb like is.

Here:

• hänger = hangs / is hanging
• ligger = lies / is lying

A shirt in a wardrobe is often thought of as hanging → Min skjorta hänger i garderoben

A dress on a bed is thought of as lying → hennes klänning ligger fortfarande på sängen

This is very common in Swedish. Instead of always saying är (is), Swedish often prefers:

• ligga for things lying flat
• stå for things standing upright
• sitta for things sitting/attached/positioned
• hänga for things hanging

This is one of the big differences from English.

Sometimes, but it usually sounds less natural.

• Min skjorta är i garderoben
• hennes klänning är på sängen

These are understandable, but Swedish normally prefers the position verbs when talking about where something is located.

So the original sentence sounds more natural because it gives the physical position of each item:

• the shirt hangs
• the dress lies

Using är is more general, while hänger and ligger are more idiomatic.

These prepositions follow the basic physical relationship:

• i = in
• på = on

So:

• i garderoben = inside the wardrobe
• på sängen = on top of the bed

This is quite straightforward here. The shirt is located inside the wardrobe, while the dress is on the bed.

Fortfarande means still.

In this sentence:

• hennes klänning ligger fortfarande på sängen
• literally: her dress lies still on the bed

It usually goes after the verb in a main clause like this.

Compare:

• Hon sover fortfarande = She is still sleeping
• Boken ligger fortfarande där = The book is still there

So fortfarande is an adverb, and its position here is very normal and natural.

Because men means but, and it connects two main clauses without forcing inversion by itself.

So the second clause keeps normal main-clause word order:

• hennes klänning = subject
• ligger = verb
• fortfarande = adverb
• på sängen = place

Swedish inversion usually happens when something other than the subject comes first in a main clause, for example:

• På sängen ligger hennes klänning fortfarande.

Here på sängen comes first, so the verb ligger must come before the subject hennes klänning.

But after men, if the subject comes first, normal order stays:

• ..., men hennes klänning ligger fortfarande på sängen.

All the nouns in this sentence are en words:

• en skjorta
• en garderob
• en klänning
• en säng

That is why their definite forms are:

• skjortan
• garderoben
• klänningen
• sängen

And that is also why the possessive is min rather than mitt:

• min skjorta
• min klänning
• min säng

If one of the nouns were an ett word, you would use mitt instead.

Their infinitives are:

• hänga → hänger
• ligga → ligger

These are present-tense forms.

A quick comparison:

• infinitive: hänga, ligga
• present: hänger, ligger
• past: hängde, låg
• supine: hängt, legat

So in the sentence, both verbs are in the present tense.

Because Swedish present tense is formed in different ways depending on the verb group.

For ligga, the present is ligger, and for hänga, the present is hänger. These are patterns you get used to with exposure.

A useful point:

• many Swedish present-tense verbs end in -r
• but the vowel or stem may change depending on the verb

So it is best to learn verbs together with their present forms:

• att ligga → ligger
• att hänga → hänger

Yes, very often.

Typical examples:

• Jackan hänger på kroken.
  The jacket is hanging on the hook.

• Byxorna hänger i garderoben.
  The trousers are hanging in the wardrobe.

• Tröjan ligger på stolen.
  The sweater is lying on the chair.

• Kläderna ligger på golvet.
  The clothes are lying on the floor.

The choice depends on how the item is positioned:

• suspended → hänger
• flat/resting → ligger

Yes. Swedish allows other word orders if you want to emphasize place or contrast, but then the verb usually comes before the subject.

For example:

• I garderoben hänger min skjorta, men hennes klänning ligger fortfarande på sängen.
• På sängen ligger hennes klänning fortfarande.

When the sentence starts with i garderoben or på sängen, Swedish uses inversion:

• place first
• then verb
• then subject

So:

• I garderoben hänger min skjorta not
• I garderoben min skjorta hänger

This is a very important Swedish word-order rule.

Both nouns are en words, but Swedish definite endings attach slightly differently depending on the noun.

• en garderob → garderoben
• en säng → sängen

For many en words, the definite singular ending is -en or -n. The exact result depends on the noun’s form.

A few more examples:

• en bok → boken
• en stol → stolen
• en jacka → jackan
• en dörr → dörren

So garderoben and sängen are both normal definite singular forms of en nouns.