Word
Vilka snygga stövlar är dina?
Meaning
Which stylish boots are yours?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Vilka snygga stövlar är dina?
vara
to be
vilka
which (plural)
din
your (singular; din/ditt/dina)
snygg
stylish
Questions & Answers about Vilka snygga stövlar är dina?
Why does the adjective snygg have an -a at the end here?
In Swedish, when an adjective describes a plural noun, it gets an -a ending. Because stövlar (boots) is plural, the base adjective snygg (stylish) becomes snygga.
Why do we use vilka instead of vilken or vilket?
The word for "which" has to match the noun it goes with. Since stövlar is plural, we use the plural form vilka. If we were asking about a singular word like a shoe (en sko), we would use vilken.
Why does the word for "yours" take the form dina?
Possessive words also have to agree with the noun they refer to. Since the sentence is about stövlar (plural), we use the plural form dina. If you were talking about a single boot, it would just be din.
What is the singular form of stövlar?
A single boot is en stövel. When making it plural, the spelling shifts slightly and drops the second 'e' to become stövlar. Because we are talking about a pair of boots, notice how all the describing words in the sentence match the plural: vilka, snygga, and dina.