Breakdown of På morgonen vill pojken sova.
pojken
the boy
sova
to sleep
vilja
to want to
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
morgonen
the morning
Questions & Answers about På morgonen vill pojken sova.
Why does the verb come before the subject here (vill pojken)?
This is the famous V2 (verb-second) rule! Because the sentence starts with the time phrase På morgonen, the verb (vill) must be the second piece of information. The subject (pojken) has to wait its turn and gets pushed to the third spot.
Is På morgonen the standard way to say "in the morning"?
Yes! When talking about a general time of day like this, Swedish uses På plus the definite (the) form of the noun. Morgon is "morning", and adding -en makes it morgonen (the morning).
Why isn't there a word for "to" before sova? Doesn't the English translation say "wants to sleep"?
The verb vill already means "wants to". It is a helper verb, and in Swedish, helper verbs are followed directly by the dictionary form (infinitive) of the next verb. You don't need to add the Swedish word for "to" (att) before sova.
How does the word pojken get its "the" ending?
The base word for "boy" is pojke. To say "the boy", you just add an -n to the end. It doesn't become pojkeen because Swedish drops the extra vowel to make it easier to pronounce.
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