Word
Guiden visade all konst.
Meaning
The guide showed all the art.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Guiden visade all konst.
guiden
the guide
visa
to show
all
all (singular en-words)
konsten
the art
Questions & Answers about Guiden visade all konst.
Why do we use all here instead of allt or alla?
The English translation says "all the art". Why doesn't the Swedish sentence use the definite form konsten?
This is a major difference between Swedish and English! After the words all, allt, and alla, Swedish uses the indefinite (base) form of the noun. So "all the art" translates to just all konst, never all konsten.
How is the word guiden formed?
It is a loanword that acts like a regular Swedish en-word. The base word for "guide" is en guide. To make it "the guide", you just add the definite ending -n to get guiden.
What tense is the verb visade?
It is in the past tense, meaning "showed". The infinitive is att visa (to show). Because it is a regular Group 1 verb, it forms its past tense by simply adding -de to the stem.