Questions & Answers about Ingen kommer att snoka i posten.
The current lesson is about ens (one's). How would I change this sentence to say 'Nobody will snoop in one's mail'?
You would replace the definite noun posten (the mail) with ens post (one's mail) to make Ingen kommer att snoka i ens post. Remember that when you use a possessive word like ens, the noun that follows must drop its definite ending and just be post.
Why is it kommer att snoka instead of just kommer snoka?
To talk about the future, Swedish uses kommer att plus the infinitive verb (snoka). In fast or casual speech, people often drop the att, but in standard and written Swedish, kommer att is the correct structure for 'will'.
Does the verb snoka always take the preposition i?
It depends on what you are snooping through! When snooping in or through objects like mail, bags, or drawers, you use i. If you are snooping around a physical place, you would use omkring instead, making it snoka omkring.
Can ingen also mean 'nothing' in this context?
No, ingen means 'nobody' or 'no one' because it refers to people, which are generally en-words. If you wanted to say 'nothing' in a sentence, you would use ingenting or inget.