Mobildatan är obegränsad och fungerar i mobilnätet.

to be

Breakdown of Mobildatan är obegränsad och fungerar i mobilnätet.

• och: and
• i: in
• fungera: to work

Questions & Answers about Mobildatan är obegränsad och fungerar i mobilnätet.

Why are mobildatan and mobilnätet written as one word?

Because Swedish usually writes compound nouns as a single word.

• mobil + data = mobildata
• mobil + nät = mobilnät

English often writes these as two words, like mobile data and mobile network, but Swedish normally joins them together.

Then Swedish adds the definite ending to the whole compound:

• mobildata → mobildatan
• mobilnät → mobilnätet

So a good habit is: if English has a noun + noun combination, Swedish very often makes it one word.

Why does mobildatan end in -n?

That -n is the definite ending, meaning the.

• mobildata = mobile data
• mobildatan = the mobile data

Swedish often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

Here, mobildata behaves like a common-gender noun ending in a vowel, so the definite form gets -n.

Compare:

• en kamera → kameran
• en vecka → veckan
• mobildata → mobildatan

In a sentence like this, the definite form often refers to the specific mobile data included in a plan or offer.