Breakdown of Hunden är här och den älskar fotboll.
vara
to be
den
it (common)
här
here
fotboll
football
och
and
älska
to love
hunden
the dog
Questions & Answers about Hunden är här och den älskar fotboll.
Why does the sentence use den for "it"? Shouldn't "it" be det?
Because "it" refers back to hunden (the dog), which is an en word (en hund). In Swedish, when "it" replaces an en word, you must use den. If it replaced an ett word, like ett hus (a house), you would use det.
How does the verb älskar (loves) fit into the Group 1 verbs we are learning?
You can spot a Group 1 verb in the present tense by its -ar ending. For these regular verbs, the infinitive (the dictionary "to" form) always ends in -a, like att älska (to love). To make it present tense, you simply add an -r, giving you älskar.
Where is the article for fotboll? Shouldn't it be en fotboll?
Since the dog loves the sport of football in general, we drop the article here, exactly like in English ("loves football"). If the dog loved a specific physical ball to chew on, you would say it loves en fotboll (a football).
How does the word hunden show us that "dog" is an en word?
In Swedish, instead of putting "the" in front of a word, you attach it to the end. Because "the dog" is hunden (ending in -en), it acts as a clue that "a dog" is en hund. If it were an ett word, the "the" form would usually end in -et, like huset (the house).
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