Breakdown of Jag kastar bollen och hunden hämtar den.
jag
I
den
it (common)
och
and
hunden
the dog
kasta
to throw
bollen
the ball
hämta
to fetch
Questions & Answers about Jag kastar bollen och hunden hämtar den.
How does the word order rule work with two clauses joined by och?
The word och (and) connects two complete main clauses. The V2 rule says the verb must be in the second position in a main clause. Since there are two main clauses here, the rule applies to both! In the first part, the verb kastar is in position two, right after the subject Jag. In the second part, the verb hämtar is in position two, right after the subject hunden.
Why do we use den for "it" at the end of the sentence?
The pronoun den refers back to bollen (the ball). Because bollen is an en-word, we must use den for "it". If the dog were fetching an ett-word, like äpplet (the apple), we would use det instead.
How do we know that bollen and hunden mean "the ball" and "the dog"?
Why do the verbs kastar and hämtar end in an "r"?
Almost all Swedish verbs in the present tense end in an "r". This single present tense form translates to both simple and continuous English tenses. So, Jag kastar means both "I throw" and "I am throwing".
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