Word
Jag tog bort löven och såg att en gren låg på stigen.
Meaning
I removed the leaves and saw that a branch was lying on the path.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Jag tog bort löven och såg att en gren låg på stigen.
Why is it tog bort instead of just tog?
Because ta bort is a particle verb in Swedish. The basic verb is ta, but together with bort it means remove or take away.
So:
- ta = take
- ta bort = remove / take away
- tog bort = removed / took away
In this sentence, tog is the past tense of ta.
Why is it löven and not löv?
Because löven is the definite plural form of löv.
The forms are:
- ett löv = a leaf
- löv = leaves
- löven = the leaves
So the sentence uses löven because it refers to a specific set of leaves, not just leaves in general.
Why do both löven and stigen end in -en even though one is plural and the other is singular?