Breakdown of Hans make lagar alltid maten.
laga
to cook
maten
the food
alltid
always
hans
his
maken
the husband
Questions & Answers about Hans make lagar alltid maten.
Does the word hans change depending on the gender of the noun, like min and din do?
No, it doesn't! Unlike first and second-person pronouns (min/mitt/mina, din/ditt/dina), the third-person possessive pronouns like hans (his), hennes (her), and deras (their) never change form. They stay exactly the same whether the noun they own is an en-word, an ett-word, or plural.
Why does the sentence use lagar ... maten to say cooks the food?
In Swedish, the verb lagar on its own usually means repairs or fixes. To mean cooks, you have to pair it with mat (food), making the phrase lagar mat (literally: fixes food). Here, because it refers to the specific food, mat becomes the definite form maten.
I thought husband was man. Is make another word for it?
Yes! Man means both man and husband and is very common in everyday speech. Make is a specific word just for husband (or male spouse). It is a bit more formal, and its female equivalent for wife is maka.
Why is alltid (always) placed after the verb lagar instead of before it?
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