Breakdown of Era katter sover på sängen.
katten
the cat
sova
to sleep
sängen
the bed
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
er
your (plural; er/ert/era)
Questions & Answers about Era katter sover på sängen.
Why is it era instead of er or ert?
Era is the plural form of "your" used when you are talking to multiple people. We use era here because the noun it describes, katter (cats), is plural. If these people owned just one cat, it would be er katt, and for a single ett-word like a house, it would be ert hus.
Why is the noun katter in the indefinite form?
In Swedish, when you use a possessive pronoun like era (your) or min (my), the noun that follows must be in the indefinite (basic) form. Even though we are talking about specific cats, we say era katter, never era katterna.
How do I know if sover means "sleep" or "are sleeping"?
Swedish does not have a separate "-ing" tense like English does. The present tense verb sover translates to both "sleep" and "are sleeping", so you just choose the English translation that fits best in the context.
Why does the sentence use sängen at the end?
Sängen is the definite form of the en-word säng, meaning "the bed". In Swedish, you show "the" by adding -en to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word in front of it.
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