Questions & Answers about Hans kollega är här nu.
Why doesn't hans change to match kollega like min or mitt would?
In Swedish, third-person possessive pronouns like hans (his), hennes (her), and deras (their) are fixed. They do not change to match whether the noun is an en-word, ett-word, or plural. It is always hans.
Do we need to put kollega in its definite form (the-form) after hans?
No, whenever you use a possessive pronoun like hans, the noun that follows must be in its indefinite (basic) form. It works exactly like English: you use the basic word kollega, not the definite form kollegan.
Is kollega singular or plural here?
It is singular. The word for colleague is en kollega. Even though many plural words in Swedish end in the letter a, here it is just part of the basic singular word. If it were plural, it would be hans kollegor (his colleagues).
I remember learning both här and hit for here. Why is it här in this sentence?
Här is used for location, meaning someone is already at that place. Hit is used for destination, when someone is moving or traveling towards a place. Since the colleague is simply located here (är här), we use the location word.
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