Questions & Answers about Var är mitt pass?
Why does this sentence use mitt instead of min for "my"?
In Swedish, the word for "my" changes to match the gender of the noun it belongs to. Because "passport" is an ett-word (ett pass), you must use mitt. If you were looking for an en-word like a phone (en telefon), you would use min.
Since it is my specific passport, shouldn't it be mitt passet?
No, and this is a great rule to remember: whenever you use a possessive word like mitt (my) or din (your), the noun after it must stay in its basic, indefinite form. You say mitt pass, just like in English you say "my passport" instead of "my the passport".
If I am carrying my family's passports, how do I change mitt to be plural?
If you are asking "Where are my passports?", you need the plural form for "my", which is mina. The sentence becomes Var är mina pass? (Note that pass is an ett-word ending in a consonant, so it looks exactly the same in singular and plural!).
I remember learning vart for "where". Why is it var in this sentence?
Var asks about a stationary location (where something is right now), which is exactly what you need when looking for a lost passport. You only use vart when asking "where to" (movement towards a destination), like asking someone where they are flying to.
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