Breakdown of Jag tycker om Marias ringar och de röda armbanden.
jag
I
och
and
röd
red
tycka om
to like
de
the (plural, before adjective)
armbandet
the bracelet
Maria
Maria
ringen
the ring
Questions & Answers about Jag tycker om Marias ringar och de röda armbanden.
Why is it de röda armbanden instead of just de röda armband?
In Swedish, when a plural noun has an adjective in front of it, you must use double definiteness. You need the separate plural article de, the definite adjective ending -a in röda, AND the definite plural suffix on the noun itself, which is -en for armbanden.
Why is ringar in the indefinite form when we are talking about specific rings?
Nouns drop their definite suffix when they come directly after a possessive word. Because the rings belong to Maria, using the genitive Marias, the noun must revert to the indefinite plural form ringar.
Why do we use om after tycker?
On its own, tycker usually means to think or to have an opinion. To say that you like something, you must use the complete two-word phrasal verb tycker om.
Is the plural article de pronounced the way it is spelled here?
No, just like when it is used as the pronoun they, the plural article de is almost always pronounced dom in everyday spoken Swedish.
How does the word armband change to become plural?
The word for bracelet is an ett-word ending in a consonant, ett armband, so its indefinite plural is exactly the same, armband. To make it definite plural, meaning the bracelets, you add the suffix -en, giving us armbanden.
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