Mikrofonstativet är klart före giget.

to be

Breakdown of Mikrofonstativet är klart före giget.

• före: before
• klar: ready
• mikrofonstativet: the microphone stand

Questions & Answers about Mikrofonstativet är klart före giget.

Why does mikrofonstativet end in -et?

Because Swedish usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun.

• ett mikrofonstativ = a microphone stand
• mikrofonstativet = the microphone stand

The ending -et shows that the noun is:

• definite = the
• neuter = an ett noun

So mikrofonstativet literally works like the microphone stand.

Why is mikrofonstativ written as one word?

Swedish loves compound nouns, and they are normally written as a single word.

So:

• mikrofon
  • stativ → mikrofonstativ

English often writes these as two words, but Swedish usually combines them. The last part, stativ, is the main noun, so it decides the gender and grammar of the whole compound.

Why is it klart and not klar?