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### Uncountable Nouns: *mycket*

When you want to say "much" or "a lot of" in Swedish, your choice of word depends on whether the noun can be counted. For uncountable things—like liquids, weather, or abstract concepts—use **mycket**.

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Just like in English, words like *tid* (time), *tur* (luck), and *pengar* (money) are treated as uncountable amounts. Therefore, they always take **mycket**.

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### Countable Nouns: *många*

For things you can individually count—such as people, animals, and physical objects—use **många**. It is the direct equivalent of the English word "many". Because you are talking about multiple things, **många** is always followed by a plural noun.

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### Using Them Together

While English speakers often just use "a lot of" for everything, Swedish requires you to pause and ask yourself: "Can I count this?" If yes, use **många**; if no, use **mycket**. Notice how both appear naturally in the same context.

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Quantifiers (mycket, många)

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)

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)

Irregular comparisons

Question	Answer
the milk	mjölken
We drink a lot of milk.	Vi dricker mycket mjölk.
Does the dog drink a lot of water?	Dricker hunden mycket vatten?
the human	människan
I see many people on the street.	Jag ser många människor på gatan.
Many people live in the city.	Många människor bor i staden.
the time	tiden
We do not have much time.	Vi har inte mycket tid.
the snow	snön
We do not have much time before the snow comes.	Vi har inte mycket tid innan snön kommer.
We have a lot of snow in the winter.	Vi har mycket snö på vintern.
the sibling	syskonet
Do you have many siblings?	Har du många syskon?
We have many questions.	Vi har många frågor.
the idea	idén
She often has many good ideas.	Hon har ofta många bra idéer.
I see many birds in the forest.	Jag ser många fåglar i skogen.
the money	pengarna
We need a lot of money for the house.	Vi behöver mycket pengar till huset.
the luck	turen
He has a lot of money, but not much luck.	Han har mycket pengar, men inte mycket tur.
We are cooking a lot of food for the party.	Vi lagar mycket mat till festen.
the guest	gästen
Many guests are coming to the party.	Många gäster kommer till festen.
She is buying many flowers today.	Hon köper många blommor idag.
We do not drink much coffee in the evening.	Vi dricker inte mycket kaffe på kvällen.
The woman has a lot of luck and many good ideas.	Kvinnan har mycket tur och många bra idéer.
Many guests drink a lot of cold milk.	Många gäster dricker mycket kall mjölk.
the star	stjärnan
The boy has many siblings and he sees many stars.	Pojken har många syskon och han ser många stjärnor.
We are looking at many nice stars.	Vi tittar på många fina stjärnor.
there is, there are	det finns
There are many houses in the city.	Det finns många hus i staden.
There is a lot of milk here.	Det finns mycket mjölk här.
a little, a bit	lite
I drink a little water.	Jag dricker lite vatten.
We have a little time.	Vi har lite tid.

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