Breakdown of Många gäster kommer till festen.
komma
to come
till
to (direction, destination)
många
many
festen
the party
gästen
the guest
Questions & Answers about Många gäster kommer till festen.
Why do we use många here instead of mycket?
We use många (many) because gäster (guests) is a countable noun. You can count one guest, two guests, and so on. Mycket (much or a lot of) is used for uncountable things, like water or time.
How do we know gäster is plural?
The singular word for a guest is en gäst. To make it plural, Swedish adds the ending -er, making it gäster (guests).
In English we say 'are coming', but the Swedish sentence just uses kommer. Why is there no 'are' here?
Swedish does not have an '-ing' form (continuous tense) like English does. The single present tense verb kommer covers both 'comes' and 'are coming'. You never translate the 'are' separately in this kind of sentence.
Why does the sentence end with festen instead of just fest?
En fest means 'a party', but the sentence says 'to THE party'. In Swedish, 'the' is not a separate word; it is added to the end of the noun as a suffix. Adding -en turns fest into festen (the party).
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