Breakdown of Pojken springer på vägen till huset.
huset
the house
pojken
the boy
till
to (direction, destination)
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
springa
to run
vägen
the road
Questions & Answers about Pojken springer på vägen till huset.
Why do pojken, vägen, and huset all end differently if they all mean "the" something?
In Swedish, you attach "the" to the end of the noun. The ending depends on the word's gender and spelling. Väg is an en-word, so it becomes vägen. Hus is an ett-word, so it adds -et to become huset. Pojke is an en-word but it already ends in a vowel, so you just add -n to make pojken.
Does springer mean "runs" or "is running"?
It means both! Swedish does not have a separate continuous form like English does. Depending on the context, springer translates perfectly to either "runs" or "is running".
Why use på here for "on the road"? Could I use i?
You use på because the boy is travelling on the surface of the road. If you said i vägen, it would be a set phrase meaning "in the way" (as an obstacle) rather than physically running on the street.
Do you always use the definite form like huset after till?
Not always. You use the definite form huset here because the sentence means "to the house" (a specific house). If the boy were running to "a house" in general, you would use the indefinite form instead: till ett hus.
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