Breakdown of Var är den sjunde stationen?
vara
to be
var
where
stationen
the station
den
the (with en-words)
sjunde
seventh
Questions & Answers about Var är den sjunde stationen?
Why does the sentence use both den and stationen? Doesn't that mean "the seventh the station"?
Yes, it literally translates to "the seventh the station"! In Swedish, when a specific noun has an adjective or an ordinal number (like sjunde) in front of it, you must use what is called the "double definite" form. This means you put the free-standing article den before the descriptive word, and you also keep the definite ending -en attached to the noun stationen.
Why do we use den here instead of det?
You use den because station is an en-word (en station). If the sentence were about an ett-word, such as ett tåg (a train), you would use det instead, resulting in det sjunde tåget (the seventh train).
How does the word for "seven" change to become sjunde (seventh)?
The Swedish number for "seven" is sju. To turn it into an ordinal number (a number that tells you the position or order), you add -nde to the end, making it sjunde. Most Swedish ordinal numbers are formed by adding either -te or -nde to the base number.
Is the word order always Question Word + Verb in Swedish?
Yes! Just like in English ("Where is..."), Swedish question words like Var (Where) are immediately followed by the verb. Here, the verb är (is) comes right after Var, followed by the subject den sjunde stationen.
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