Barnen vill vara ute på sommaren.

to be

Breakdown of Barnen vill vara ute på sommaren.

• vilja: to want
• på: in
• barnet: the child

Questions & Answers about Barnen vill vara ute på sommaren.

Why is it barnen and not just barn?

Barnen is the definite plural form of barn, so it means the children.

A quick pattern:

• ett barn = a child
• barn = children / children in general
• barnen = the children

So the sentence is talking about a specific group of children, not children in general.

Why is there no separate word for the in Swedish?

Swedish usually puts definiteness on the noun itself by adding an ending.

So instead of saying a separate word like English the children, Swedish often says barnen.

This is very common in Swedish:

• boken = the book
• huset = the house
• barnen = the children

Why is it vill vara and not vill är?