Fatet ser ut som om det har en spricka.

to have

Breakdown of Fatet ser ut som om det har en spricka.

• en: a
• det: it
• se ut: to look

Questions & Answers about Fatet ser ut som om det har en spricka.

What does fatet mean here?

Fatet is the definite singular form of ett fat.

In this sentence, fat means something like dish, platter, or sometimes tray, depending on context. It does not mean the English adjective fat.

So the forms are:

• ett fat = a dish / a platter
• fatet = the dish / the platter

Why is it fatet and not just fat?

Because Swedish is marking the noun as definite.

• fat = dish / platter, in some dictionary-style or plural use
• ett fat = a dish / a platter
• fatet = the dish / the platter

Here, the speaker is talking about a specific dish/platter, so Swedish uses the definite ending -et.

This is because fat is an ett-word (a neuter noun), so the definite singular ending is -et.

Why is the pronoun det used later in the sentence?