Word
Guiden väckte turisten tidigt.
Meaning
The guide woke the tourist early.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Guiden väckte turisten tidigt.
tidigt
early
guiden
the guide
väcka
to wake
turisten
the tourist
Questions & Answers about Guiden väckte turisten tidigt.
Why does the past tense verb väckte end in "-te" instead of "-de"?
The verb väcka (to wake) belongs to Group 2. Most Group 2 verbs form the past tense by adding -de to the stem. However, if the stem ends in a hard consonant sound like k, p, s, or t, they take -te instead to make pronunciation easier. Since the stem is väck-, the past tense is väckte.
Would I use väckte if the tourist just woke up naturally?
No, väcka means to wake someone else up. If the tourist woke up on their own, you would use the verb vakna (past tense: vaknade). You would say: Turisten vaknade tidigt (The tourist woke up early).
Why is there a "-t" at the end of tidigt?
The basic adjective is tidig (early). When you use an adjective to describe an action rather than a noun, it acts as an adverb. In Swedish, you usually create this adverb form by adding -t to the adjective. Here, tidigt describes how the waking happened.
How do we know guiden and turisten mean "the guide" and "the tourist"?