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### Approximating Quantities with "-tal"

To estimate a quantity like "around ten" or "roughly a hundred," Swedish adds the suffix *-tal* to a base number. This creates a neuter collective noun used with *ett*.

- *ett tiotal* (around ten)
- *ett tjugotal* (around twenty)
- *ett hundratal* (around a hundred)
- *ett tusental* (around a thousand)

Place these directly in front of a plural noun. Notice that you do not need an equivalent to the English preposition "of".

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Because you are describing a plural group, any adjectives modifying the noun take their plural forms.

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### Multitudes with "-tals"

To express vast, unspecified amounts like "hundreds of" or "thousands of," add an *-s* to the *-tal* noun. 

This creates quantifiers like *hundratals* (hundreds of), *tusentals* (thousands of), and *tiotusentals* (tens of thousands of). Just like the *-tal* phrases, these sit immediately before the plural nouns and adjectives they modify.

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Numerical approximations (-tal, -tals)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite ending (barnet, hunden)

Indefinite articles and -ar verbs (en, ett)

Basic word order

Singular adjectives (stor, stort)

Plural adjectives (-a)

Sentence negation (inte)

Yes/No questions

Basic question words (vad, vem, var)

Regular Group 2 verbs (-er)

Short verbs and irregulars (har, gör)

The infinitive marker (att)

Modal verbs (kan, vill, måste, får)

Future intention (ska)

Time adverbs (imorgon, igår)

Word order inversion

Adverbs of frequency (ibland, aldrig)

Everyday things (dörren, stolen, tåget)

Definite suffix spelling changes

Plural nouns Group 1 and 2 (-or, -ar)

Plural nouns Group 3 (-er, -r)

Neuter indefinite plurals

Definite plural suffixes (-na, -a, -en)

Object pronouns (mig, dig, oss)

Reflexive pronouns (sig)

Expanded question words (när, varför)

Which and what (vilken, vilket, vilka)

Coordinating conjunctions (men, eller, för)

Prepositions of place (i, på, till, från)

Quantifiers (mycket, många)

Indefinite pronouns (någon, något, några)

First and second person possessives (min, din, vår, er)

Third person possessives (hans, hennes, dess, deras)

Reflexive possessives (sin, sitt, sina)

The genitive (-s)

Adjectives before singular nouns

Adjectives before plural nouns (-a)

Double definiteness (den, det, de)

Demonstratives (den här, det här, de här)

The imperative mood

Past tense of vara and ha (var, hade)

Possessives for names (-s)

Definite plural adjectives (de ... -a)

Genitive case for names (-s)

Numbers 1 to 10 (en, två, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (elva till tjugo)

Counting by tens to 100 (trettio, fyrtio...)

Days of the week (måndag, tisdag...)

Months of the year (januari, februari...)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (första, andra...)

Greetings and politeness (hej, tack, förlåt)

Particle verbs of direction (gå ut, komma in)

Simple past: Group 1 (-ade)

Simple past: Group 2a (-de)

Simple past: Group 2b (-te)

Simple past: Group 3 (-dde)

Simple past: Group 4

Present perfect: Groups 1 and 2 (har)

Present perfect: Groups 3 and 4

Past perfect (hade)

Future predictions (kommer att)

Future with present tense

The adjective small (liten, litet, små)

Demonstratives of distance (den där, det där, de där)

Negative pronouns (ingen, inget, inga)

Universal pronouns (all, allt, alla)

The generic pronoun (man, en)

Possessive generic pronoun (ens)

Reciprocal pronoun (varandra)

Qualitative pronouns (sådan, sådant, sådana)

Habitual time expressions (på)

Specific past time expressions (i)

Past time expressions (för ... sedan)

Future time expressions (om)

Location and motion adverbs (här/hit, där/dit)

Consequences (så)

Correlative conjunctions (både ... och)

Either and neither (antingen ... eller, varken ... eller)

Verbs of opinion and belief (tycker, tror, tänker)

Subordinate clauses (att, om)

Time clauses (när, innan, medan)

Clauses of cause (eftersom, därför att)

Negation in subordinate clauses (inte)

V2 word order inversion

Relative clauses as subjects (som)

Relative clauses as objects (som)

Relative clauses for places (där)

Adverbs from adjectives (-t)

Adjective comparative and superlative (-are, -ast)

Question	Answer
the group of around ten	tiotalet
the bargain hunter	fyndjägaren
the opening	öppningen
Around ten bargain hunters waited for the opening.	Ett tiotal fyndjägare väntade på öppningen.
the group of around twenty	tjugotalet
reduced	nedsatt
Around twenty discounted items were crushed in the large store.	Ett tjugotal nedsatta varor krossades i den stora butiken.
the group of around a hundred	hundratalet
The boss had to stop around a hundred angry bargain hunters.	Chefen var tvungen att stoppa ett hundratal arga fyndjägare.
the group of around a thousand	tusentalet
the madness	galenskapen
Imagine that around a thousand people participated in the madness!	Tänk att ett tusental människor deltog i galenskapen!
thousands of	tusentals
the shopping cart	kundvagnen
Thousands of abandoned shopping carts were found outside the large store.	Tusentals övergivna kundvagnar hittades utanför den stora butiken.
hundreds of	hundratals
Hundreds of discounted books were sold before the opening.	Hundratals nedsatta böcker såldes före öppningen.
tens of thousands of	tiotusentals
We saw tens of thousands of happy customers, regardless of the crowd.	Vi såg tiotusentals glada kunder, oavsett trängseln.
Around ten broken shopping carts were left behind.	Ett tiotal trasiga kundvagnar lämnades kvar.
Imagine if around twenty employees refuse to work in the madness!	Tänk om ett tjugotal anställda vägrar jobba i galenskapen!
Around a hundred new bargain hunters showed up in the end.	Ett hundratal nya fyndjägare dök upp till slut.
Around a thousand items were unfortunately stolen.	Ett tusental varor blev tyvärr stulna.
Hundreds of desperate customers had to wait, regardless of the weather.	Hundratals desperata kunder var tvungna att vänta, oavsett vädret.
Tens of thousands of crowns were saved thanks to the extreme sale.	Tiotusentals kronor sparades tack vare den extrema rean.
Thousands of discounted toys were given away.	Tusentals nedsatta leksaker skänktes bort.