Breakdown of Vi bjöd dem till bröllopet.
vi
we
till
to (direction, destination)
dem
them
bröllopet
the wedding
bjuda
to invite
Questions & Answers about Vi bjöd dem till bröllopet.
How do we get bjöd from the verb bjuda?
Bjuda (to invite) is a Group 4 strong verb. These verbs do not take a standard past tense ending like -de or -te. Instead, they change their root vowel. Here, the u in bjuda changes to ö, making the past tense bjöd.
Why do we use till here?
Just like in English, you use till (to) when inviting someone to an event or a place. To invite someone to an event translates directly as att bjuda någon till....
I always forget: how is dem pronounced?
In spoken Swedish, the object pronoun dem (them) is almost always pronounced dom. You might even see it written as dom in casual text messages, but dem is the correct spelling in standard written Swedish.
Why does 'the wedding' end in -et (bröllopet)?
The word for a wedding is ett bröllop. Because it is an ett-word ending in a consonant, it takes the suffix -et to form the definite version, meaning 'the wedding'. If it were an en-word, it would usually take -en instead.
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