Breakdown of De där moderna lamporna är mycket vackra.
vara
to be
mycket
much / very
vacker
beautiful
lampan
the lamp
Questions & Answers about De där moderna lamporna är mycket vackra.
What is the difference between de and de där?
De by itself usually means "they" or acts as the plural word for "the". Adding där (which literally means "there") creates de där, which specifically means "those" to point out things further away.
Why is the noun in the definite form (lamporna) when we already used a pointing word like de där?
Swedish uses a pattern often called the "double definite." When you use demonstratives like den där, det där, or de där, the noun that follows must also take its definite ending. So in Swedish, you are literally saying "those modern the-lamps."
Why do both moderna and vackra end in -a?
Adjectives in Swedish change to match the noun they describe. Because lamporna is plural, any adjective describing it must also take its plural form, which almost always adds an -a. This applies whether the adjective is right next to the noun (moderna lamporna) or comes after the verb (är mycket vackra).
Doesn't mycket usually mean "much"?
Yes, you have probably seen it meaning "much" or "a lot" (like mycket kaffe for "a lot of coffee"). But when mycket is placed directly in front of an adjective like vackra, it acts as an adverb meaning "very."