Breakdown of Priset ändras i och med att bilen har rostskador.
ha
to have
bilen
the car
priset
the price
ändras
to change
Questions & Answers about Priset ändras i och med att bilen har rostskador.
Why does the sentence start with priset and not ett pris or priset in a different form?
Priset is the definite singular form of pris (price).
- ett pris = a price
- priset = the price
In this sentence, it refers to a specific price, so Swedish uses the definite form: priset.
This is very common in Swedish:
- Bilen är dyr. = The car is expensive.
- Huset säljs. = The house is being sold.
What does ändras mean here, and why does it end in -s?
Ändras means is changed or changes, depending on context.
The -s form here is a very common Swedish way to express the passive:
- ändra = to change / to alter
- ändras = to be changed
So:
- Priset ändras = The price is changed / The price changes
In this sentence, the passive is natural because the focus is on the price, not on who changes it.
Compare:
- Vi ändrar priset. = We change the price. (active)
- Priset ändras. = The price is changed. (passive)
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