Hon är gift med sponsorn.

to be

Breakdown of Hon är gift med sponsorn.

• hon: she
• med: with
• sponsorn: the sponsor

Questions & Answers about Hon är gift med sponsorn.

Why is it Hon är gift and not just Hon gift?

In Swedish, you normally need a verb in a full sentence, just like in English.

• hon = she
• är = is
• gift = married

So Hon är gift literally means She is married.

Leaving out är would sound ungrammatical in standard Swedish.

What does gift mean here?

Here, gift means married.

It is an adjective in this sentence: it describes her state.

A useful thing to know is that gift can also mean poison in other contexts, but here the meaning is clearly married because of the structure är gift med.

Why is it gift med? Shouldn’t it be something like married to?

This is just a difference between Swedish and English.

In English, you say:

• married to someone

In Swedish, you say:

• gift med någon = literally married with someone

So Hon är gift med sponsorn is the normal Swedish way to say She is married to the sponsor.

Why does sponsorn end in -n?