Learn Swedish: Jag följde kunden till dörren. - I followed the customer to the door.

Följde is the simple past (preterite) of the verb följa (to follow). It belongs to Group 2a, which includes regular verbs whose stem ends in a voiced consonant (like l, m, n, r, v, or j). To make the past tense, you take the stem följ- and add the suffix -de, giving you följde.

Does följde in this sentence mean I walked behind them or accompanied them?

While följa directly translates to "follow", in Swedish it is also the standard verb for "to accompany" or "to escort". Jag följde kunden till dörren means you politely walked with them to the door to show them out, not that you secretly stalked them from behind.

Why do kunden and dörren both end in -en?

In Swedish, the definite article (the word "the") is attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word in front of it. Both en kund (a customer) and en dörr (a door) are "en-words". To make them definite ("the customer", "the door"), you add -en to the end, resulting in kunden and dörren.

Could I use mot instead of till for "to the door"?