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Deras granne är mycket gammal.
Meaning
Their neighbor is very old.
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Questions & Answers about Deras granne är mycket gammal.
Does deras change depending on whether granne is an en-word, ett-word, or plural?
No, it doesn't! Unlike min (my) and din (your), third-person possessive pronouns like deras (their), hans (his), and hennes (her) never change their form to match the noun. You will always use deras regardless of the noun's gender or number.
Why do we use the indefinite form granne instead of the definite form grannen? Aren't we talking about a specific neighbor?
In Swedish, whenever you use a possessive pronoun like deras (their), min (my), or hans (his), the noun that follows must always be in the indefinite form. So it is deras granne, never deras grannen.
I learned that mycket means "much" or "a lot". Can it also mean "very"?
Yes! When mycket is used to describe a quantity of a noun, it means "much" or "a lot". But when you put it directly in front of an adjective like gammal (old) or bra (good), it acts as an intensifier and translates to "very".
Why is it gammal here instead of gammalt or gamla?