Breakdown of Bilhandlaren visar min flickvän motorrummet.
min
my
visa
to show
bilhandlaren
the car dealer
motorrummet
the engine compartment
Questions & Answers about Bilhandlaren visar min flickvän motorrummet.
Why is bilhandlaren written as one word?
Swedish usually writes compound nouns as a single word.
So:
- bil = car
- handlare = dealer, trader
- bilhandlare = car dealer
Then the definite ending is added to the whole compound:
- bilhandlare = a car dealer
- bilhandlaren = the car dealer
This is very normal in Swedish. English often uses separate words where Swedish prefers one compound word.
Why does bilhandlaren end in -en?
The ending -en marks the singular definite form for many en-words.
Here the base noun is:
- en bilhandlare = a car dealer
Definite form:
- bilhandlaren = the car dealer
So -en here means the. Swedish often puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.
Why is it min flickvän and not min flickvänen or en flickvän?