Breakdown of Sjuttio studenter lär sig svenska.
svenska
Swedish
studenten
the student
lära sig
to learn
sjuttio
seventy
Questions & Answers about Sjuttio studenter lär sig svenska.
Why is there a sig after lär?
In Swedish, the verb for the English word learn is reflexive. It essentially means to teach oneself. So lär sig means learn. If you just used lär without sig, it would usually mean teach!
Why do we use the exact word sig here?
The word sig is the reflexive pronoun for third-person subjects like he, she, it, and they. Since studenter means students and acts as they, we use sig. If the sentence was about you, the pronoun would change to match: Du lär dig svenska.
Why is svenska written with a lowercase letter?
Unlike English, Swedish does not capitalize the names of languages or nationalities. Therefore, the word for Swedish is always written as svenska rather than with a capital S.
The word sjuttio ends in -tio. Is it pronounced exactly as it is spelled?
Usually not! In everyday spoken Swedish, the -tio ending on numbers like sjuttio is shortened and pronounced simply as ti.
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