Questions & Answers about Mannen köper flera klockor.
Why does klockor end in -or?
klockor is the plural of en klocka (a clock). Because the singular noun ends in -a, it belongs to Group 1. To make these nouns plural, you drop the final -a and add -or.
Does the word flera require the noun to be in a specific form?
Yes, flera means "several" and refers to an unspecified amount of things, so it must be followed by the indefinite plural form of the noun. Here, that form is klockor.
The English translation says "is buying", so why is there no Swedish word for "is" before köper?
Swedish does not have an "is doing" (continuous) tense. The present tense verb köper translates to both "buys" and "is buying". Adding the Swedish word for "is" (är) before it would be incorrect.
Why does the sentence start with mannen instead of just man?
en man means "a man". To say "the man", Swedish attaches the definite article to the end of the word rather than putting a separate word in front, creating mannen.
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