Word
De behöver biljetter till tåget.
Meaning
They need tickets for the train.
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Questions & Answers about De behöver biljetter till tåget.
Why does the word for ticket add -er to become biljetter?
The singular is en biljett. It is an en-word with the stress on the last syllable, which is a common pattern for words borrowed from other languages. Nouns that follow this pattern belong to Group 3 and form their plural by adding -er, giving us biljetter.
I always forget how to say de. Is it pronounced the way it is spelled?
No, in everyday spoken Swedish, de (meaning "they") is almost always pronounced as dom.
The English translation says "for the train", but doesn't till usually mean "to"?
Yes, till often translates as "to", but prepositions rarely match up perfectly between languages! In Swedish, when something belongs to or gives you access to a specific thing or event, you use till. So, "a ticket for the train" becomes en biljett till tåget (literally "a ticket to the train").
Why is it tåget and not tågen for "the train"?
The word for train is an ett-word: ett tåg. To say "the train" in the singular, you add -et to the end, making it tåget. If you used tågen, you would be using the plural definite form, which means "the trains".