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The so-called "free standing" article is used in Swedish before adjectives modifying definite nouns or substantivized adjectives. It has the following forms:
* common singular - "den". "den unge mannen" (the young man), "den döda" (the dead woman)
* neuter singular - "det". "det vackra huset" (the beautiful house), "det gröna" (the green leaves / plants etc)
* plural - "de [di:] / [dɔm:]". "de gamla kvinnorna" (the old women), "de döda" (the dead people)
Before ordinal numbers and adjectives indicating quantity, the definite article is dropped: "första gången" (the first time), "hela världen" (the whole world). However, the definite suffix of the noun is preserved.
[[Category: Germanic languages]]
[[Category: Germanic languages]]