Breakdown of Är det mörkt i oktober och november?
vara
to be
det
it (neuter)
och
and
i
in
mörk
dark
oktober
October
november
November
Questions & Answers about Är det mörkt i oktober och november?
Why does the sentence start with Är?
In Swedish, you turn a statement into a question by putting the verb first. The normal statement is Det är mörkt (It is dark). By moving the verb är to the front, it becomes the question Är det mörkt? (Is it dark?).
Why do we use det here?
When talking about weather, time, or general conditions, Swedish uses the pronoun det (it). This works exactly like English when you say it is raining or it is dark.
Why is there a -t at the end of mörkt?
Adjectives in Swedish must match the pronoun or noun they describe. Because the sentence uses the neuter pronoun det, the base adjective mörk (dark) gets a -t added to the end to become mörkt.
Why aren't oktober and november capitalized?
Unlike English, Swedish does not use capital letters for months, days of the week, or seasons. They are always written with lowercase letters unless they are the very first word in a sentence.
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