Word
Barnet slutar att leka idag.
Meaning
The child stops playing today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Barnet slutar att leka idag.
Why does the translation say "playing" instead of "to play" when it uses att leka?
Swedish doesn't have an exact match for English "-ing" words like "playing". After verbs like slutar (stops), Swedish uses the infinitive marker att (to) plus the base verb leka (play). So while it literally translates to "stops to play", in English we naturally say "stops playing".
Why is the second verb leka instead of the present tense leker?
When you connect verbs using the infinitive marker att (to), only the first verb gets conjugated into the present tense (slutar). The second verb must stay in its base infinitive form, which usually ends in an "a" (leka).
Why is the word for child written as barnet instead of just barn?
Barn is an ett-word (a neuter noun). To say "the child" (the definite form), you add -et to the end of the word. If it were just "a child", it would be ett barn.
Can idag be written as two words (i dag)?
Yes! Both idag and i dag are perfectly correct and mean exactly the same thing. You will see native speakers use both interchangeably.