Breakdown of Vi läste historien om vår farfar igår.
vi
we
läsa
to read
igår
yesterday
vår
our (vår/vårt/våra)
om
about
farfarn
the paternal grandfather
historien
the history
Questions & Answers about Vi läste historien om vår farfar igår.
Since the current lesson is about för ... sedan (ago), could I say för en dag sedan instead of igår here?
Grammatically, yes. För en dag sedan translates to "one day ago." However, just like in English, it is much more natural and common to simply say igår (yesterday). You should save för ... sedan for timeframes like "two days ago" (för två dagar sedan).
How does the word farfar work for grandfather?
Swedish is very specific about family members! Farfar literally means "father-father" (paternal grandfather). If you were talking about your mother's father, you would say morfar ("mother-father"). The same logic applies to grandmothers: farmor and mormor.
How do you know whether to use vår, vårt, or våra for "our" in this sentence?
You have to look at the noun it belongs to. Farfar is an en-word (en farfar), so the possessive "our" must take the matching form vår. You would use vårt for ett-words (like vårt barn - our child) and våra for plural words.
Why does the word for story (historia) change to historien in this sentence?
Because we are talking about the story, not just a story, we need the definite form. For the en-word en historia (a story), you drop the final -a and add -en to get historien (the story).
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