Word
Inköpslistan minskar matsvinnet.
Meaning
The shopping list reduces food waste.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Inköpslistan minskar matsvinnet.
minska
to reduce
matsvinnet
the food waste
inköpslistan
the shopping list
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Questions & Answers about Inköpslistan minskar matsvinnet.
Why is there no separate word for the in Inköpslistan?
Because Swedish usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.
- inköpslista = shopping list
- inköpslistan = the shopping list
The ending -n here means the.
So Swedish often says one word where English uses two.
Why does matsvinnet also end in a definite ending?
For the same reason: Swedish marks definiteness with an ending.
- matsvinn = food waste
- matsvinnet = the food waste
Here the ending is -et, which is a common definite ending for ett-words.
So both nouns in the sentence are definite:
- Inköpslistan = the shopping list
- matsvinnet = the food waste
Why are both nouns definite if English might say something more general, like A shopping list reduces food waste?