Hunden började halta igår.

the dog

Breakdown of Hunden började halta igår.

• igår: yesterday
• börja: to begin
• halta: to limp

Questions & Answers about Hunden började halta igår.

Why is it hunden and not hund or en hund?

Hunden is the definite singular form of hund.

• hund = dog
• en hund = a dog
• hunden = the dog

In Swedish, the definite article is usually added as an ending on the noun, instead of being a separate word like English the.

So:

• hund → hunden
• katt → katten
• bil → bilen

Why is there no separate word for the?

Because Swedish usually puts the at the end of the noun as a suffix.

So instead of saying something like the dog, Swedish normally says hund-en.

A separate word such as den is used in some other situations, for example:

• den stora hunden = the big dog
• den hunden = that dog / that particular dog

But in a simple phrase like the dog, hunden is enough by itself.

What form is började?