Medarbetaren arbetar självständigt.

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Breakdown of Medarbetaren arbetar självständigt.

• medarbetaren: the staff member
• självständig: independent

Questions & Answers about Medarbetaren arbetar självständigt.

Why does medarbetaren end in -en instead of using a separate word for the?

In Swedish, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun.

So:

• medarbetare = employee / co-worker
• medarbetaren = the employee / the co-worker

Here, -en marks the noun as definite. Swedish often does this instead of putting a separate word before the noun.

A useful extra point: if there is an adjective before the noun, Swedish often uses both a separate article and the ending:

• den självständiga medarbetaren = the independent employee

But in your sentence, medarbetaren by itself already means the employee.

What is the basic form of medarbetaren, and is medarbetare singular or plural?

The basic form is medarbetare.

This noun is a little tricky because the indefinite singular and indefinite plural are the same form:

• en medarbetare = an employee
• flera medarbetare = several employees

Then the definite forms are:

• medarbetaren = the employee
• medarbetarna = the employees

So in your sentence, medarbetaren is clearly singular definite.