Pizzan smakar bra.

good

Breakdown of Pizzan smakar bra.

• smaka: to taste
• pizzan: the pizza

Questions & Answers about Pizzan smakar bra.

Why is it pizzan and not just pizza?

In Swedish, the definite article (the) is usually added to the end of the noun as a suffix instead of using a separate word.

• en pizza = a pizza (indefinite)
• pizzan = the pizza (definite singular)

So pizzan smakar bra literally means “pizza-the tastes good”, which corresponds to “The pizza tastes good” in English. The -n at the end is the definite ending for many en-words (common gender nouns) that end in a vowel.

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Can I say Den pizza smakar bra or Den pizzan smakar bra?

In standard Swedish, both of these are wrong:

• ✗ Den pizza smakar bra – you are missing the definite ending on pizza.
• ✗ Den pizzan smakar bra – this is called double definiteness without a reason (you only need one definite marker).

The correct options are:

• Pizzan smakar bra. – The pizza tastes good.
• Den där pizzan smakar bra. – That pizza tastes good. (Here den där
  • pizzan is correct, because the pointing word där is added.)

You add den/det/de in front of the noun only when there is also an adjective or a demonstrative:

• Den goda pizzan smakar bra. – The good pizza tastes good.
• Den här pizzan smakar bra. – This pizza tastes good.

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