Hon skulpterar leran.

she

Breakdown of Hon skulpterar leran.

• leran: the clay
• skulptera: to sculpt

Questions & Answers about Hon skulpterar leran.

What does hon mean, and is it always she?

Yes, hon is the Swedish subject pronoun meaning she.

In this sentence, hon is the person doing the action:

• Hon = she

A useful comparison:

• hon = she
• han = he
• jag = I
• du = you

Unlike English, Swedish does not capitalize pronouns unless they begin a sentence.

Why is the verb skulpterar ending in -ar?

Skulpterar is the present tense of the verb skulptera, which means to sculpt.

So:

• att skulptera = to sculpt
• skulpterar = sculpts / is sculpting

This is very common in Swedish: many verbs ending in -a in the infinitive take -ar in the present tense.

Examples:

• måla → målar = paint / is painting
• plugga → pluggar = study / is studying
• skulptera → skulpterar

Does skulpterar mean sculpts or is sculpting?