Breakdown of Jag älskar de färska äpplena!
jag
I
älska
to love
äpplet
the apple
de
the (plural, before adjective)
färsk
fresh
Questions & Answers about Jag älskar de färska äpplena!
How do you pronounce de in this sentence?
Even though it is spelled de, it is almost always pronounced like dom in everyday spoken Swedish. You use de (which means "the" for plurals) when writing, but you will hear native speakers say dom.
Why is the word "the" used twice, with both de and the -na ending on äpplena?
This is a special Swedish rule called "double definiteness." When a definite noun (the apples) has an adjective (fresh) in front of it, you must use both the separate article de and the definite ending -na attached to the noun itself. It literally translates to "the fresh apples-the."
Why does the adjective färsk have an -a at the end here?
In Swedish, adjectives change their endings depending on the noun they describe. Because we are talking about plural apples in a definite (specific) phrase, the adjective takes the -a ending to become färska.
How do we get from a single apple to äpplena?
The word for apple is an "ett-word" that ends in a vowel (ett äpple). To make it plural ("apples"), you add -n to make äpplen. To say "the apples" (definite plural), you add -a to the plural form, resulting in äpplena.
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