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Questions & Answers about Pojken är arg.
Why is it pojken instead of just pojke?
Pojke means a boy. In Swedish, to say the boy, you do not use a separate word for the. Instead, you attach a suffix to the end of the noun. Adding -n to pojke makes it pojken.
How would I ask why the boy is angry based on our current lesson?
To ask a question using varför (why), you put the question word first, followed immediately by the verb, and then the subject. So you swap pojken and är to get: Varför är pojken arg?
Does the word arg change if we are talking about a girl instead of a boy?
No, it stays exactly the same: Flickan är arg. Both pojke and flicka are en-words, so they use the same base form of the adjective.
What if I wanted to say the boys are angry? Would arg change then?
Yes! When a noun is plural, the adjective usually gets an -a at the end. The boys are angry would be Pojkarna är arga.