Varje bandmedlem väljer en låt till setlistan.

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Breakdown of Varje bandmedlem väljer en låt till setlistan.

• till: to
• varje: every
• välja: to choose

Questions & Answers about Varje bandmedlem väljer en låt till setlistan.

Why is bandmedlem written as one word?

Swedish forms compound nouns very freely, and they are usually written as one word.

• band = band
• medlem = member
• bandmedlem = band member

This is very normal in Swedish. The last part of the compound is the main noun, so medlem tells you the grammatical gender and how the word behaves.

Compare:

• bandmedlem = band member
• fotbollslag = football team
• sommarjobb = summer job

English often writes these as two words, but Swedish usually does not.

Why is it varje bandmedlem and not en bandmedlem?

Because varje already functions as the determiner.

In Swedish, varje means each or every, and you normally do not add en/ett after it.

So:

• varje bandmedlem = each/every band member

Not:

• varje en bandmedlem ❌

This is similar to English: we say every member, not every a member.

Why is bandmedlem singular after varje?