hus

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.