Word
Jag har aldrig haft en sådan jacka.
Meaning
I have never had such a jacket.
Part of speech
sentence
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Questions & Answers about Jag har aldrig haft en sådan jacka.
In English we say "such a jacket". Why does the Swedish sentence put en before sådan?
In Swedish, the word order for this phrase is the exact opposite of English. You treat sådan like a normal adjective, so the article comes first: en sådan jacka (literally "a such jacket").
Why is it sådan here, and not sådant or sådana?
Sådan changes its ending to match the noun it describes, just like an adjective. Because jacka is an en-word and it is singular (en jacka), we use the basic form sådan. If it were an ett-word, it would be ett sådant, and for plurals it would be sådana.
Why is aldrig placed between har and haft?
Aldrig (never) is a sentence adverb. In a main clause, sentence adverbs always go right after the first verb. Here, the first verb is the helper verb har, so aldrig steps in right before the main verb haft.
Why is the word for "had" haft and not hade?