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Questions & Answers about Målvakten räddar bollen.
Why do målvakten and bollen end in -en?
In Swedish, -en here is the definite article attached to the end of the noun. It means the.
- målvakt = goalkeeper
målvakten = the goalkeeper
- boll = ball
- bollen = the ball
So Swedish often says the goalkeeper and the ball by adding the article to the noun, instead of putting a separate word like English the in front.
What are the dictionary forms of the words in this sentence?
The basic forms are:
- målvakt = goalkeeper
- rädda = to save
- boll = ball
In the sentence:
- målvakten is the definite singular form of målvakt
- räddar is the present tense of rädda
- bollen is the definite singular form of boll
So the sentence is built from those three base words.
Why is the verb räddar and not rädda?