Word
Arbetet pågår idag.
Meaning
The work is in progress today.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Arbetet pågår idag.
Why is it arbetet and not arbete?
Because arbete is the base form, meaning work or a piece of work, and arbetet is the definite singular form: the work.
Swedish usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.
- ett arbete = a work / a job / a task
- arbetet = the work
So in this sentence, arbetet refers to some specific work that is already known from the context.
What form is arbetet grammatically?
Arbetet is a singular definite neuter noun.
Its base noun is ett arbete, so it is an ett-word. That is why the definite ending is -et:
- ett arbete
- arbetet
This is very common in Swedish:
- ett hus → huset
- ett problem → problemet
- ett arbete → arbetet
What does pågår mean here?