No. 283 in Swedish
hus
House.
In a sentence
Jag bor i ett stort hus.
I live in a big house.
Here, 'hus' refers to a residential building where someone lives.
Kan du se vilket hus som har de röda fönsterna?
Can you see which house has the red windows?
In this sentence, 'hus' denotes a specific building identified by its red windows.
Vi målade hela huset i gult förra sommaren.
We painted the whole house yellow last summer.
'Huset' in this sentence is the definite form of 'hus', meaning 'the house' which we painted.
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