Vittnet pratar med advokaten.

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Breakdown of Vittnet pratar med advokaten.

• med: with
• vittnet: the witness
• advokaten: the lawyer

Questions & Answers about Vittnet pratar med advokaten.

Why do vittnet and advokaten both end with extra letters?

Because Swedish usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

• ett vittne = a witness

• vittnet = the witness

• en advokat = a lawyer
• advokaten = the lawyer

So in this sentence, both nouns are definite: the witness and the lawyer.

Why is it vittnet but advokaten? Why are the endings different?

The endings are different because the nouns belong to different grammatical genders.

• vittne is an ett-word: ett vittne
• advokat is an en-word: en advokat

In the definite singular, Swedish often changes them like this:

• ett-word → usually -et or -t
• en-word → usually -en

So:

• ett vittne → vittnet
• en advokat → advokaten

This is a very common pattern in Swedish.

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