Bilhandlaren visar motorrummet före provkörningen.

The car dealer shows the engine compartment before the test drive.

Breakdown of Bilhandlaren visar motorrummet före provkörningen.

• visa: to show
• före: before
• bilhandlaren: the car dealer
• provkörningen: the test drive

Questions & Answers about Bilhandlaren visar motorrummet före provkörningen.

Why is bilhandlaren written as one word?

Because Swedish normally forms compound nouns by joining the parts together into a single word.

• bil = car
• handlare = dealer / seller
• bilhandlare = car dealer

Then -n / -en is added for the definite form, so:

• bilhandlare = a car dealer
• bilhandlaren = the car dealer

This is very common in Swedish. English often uses separate words where Swedish prefers a compound.

Why does bilhandlaren end in -en?

That -en marks the noun as definite: the car dealer rather than a car dealer.

For many common-gender nouns, the pattern is:

• indefinite singular: en bilhandlare
• definite singular: bilhandlaren

So the sentence uses the car dealer, not a car dealer.

Why is it motorrummet with -et at the end?

Because motorrum is a neuter noun, and the definite singular ending for many neuter nouns is -et.

The pattern is:

• ett motorrum = an engine compartment
• motorrummet = the engine compartment

So -et here is the equivalent of the.

Also, motorrummet is another compound:

• motor = engine / motor
• rum = room / compartment
• motorrum = engine compartment