No. 476 in Swedish
andreas
"Andreas" is a Swedish male given name, equivalent to "Andrew" in English.
In a sentence
Andreas är min bästa vän.
Andreas is my best friend.
In this sentence, 'Andreas' is a proper noun used as a subject, referring to a specific person.
Boken som Andreas läser är intressant.
The book that Andreas is reading is interesting.
Here, 'Andreas' is a proper noun indicating the possessor of the action 'läser', denoting who is reading.
Igår pratade jag med Andreas på telefon.
Yesterday, I spoke with Andreas on the phone.
In this example, 'Andreas' is a proper noun serving as the object of the preposition, referring to whom the speaker communicated with.
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