Breakdown of Skådespelaren som har rollen är fantastisk.
vara
to be
ha
to have
fantastisk
fantastic
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
skådespelaren
the actor
rollen
the role
Questions & Answers about Skådespelaren som har rollen är fantastisk.
Can I skip the word som in this sentence like we sometimes do in English?
No, you must include it here. In Swedish, you can only drop som if it is the object of the relative clause (like 'the role that I have'). In this sentence, som is the subject of its clause because it represents the person doing the action (who has the role). When som is the subject, it cannot be dropped.
Why does skådespelaren only get an -n at the end to mean 'the actor', instead of -en?
The base word for actor is skådespelare, which is an en word that already ends in a vowel. For these types of words, you just add -n to make it definite (the actor) instead of adding a whole extra -en syllable.
How do I know whether to use fantastisk or fantastiskt here?
Adjectives need to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because en skådespelare is an en word, you use the base form fantastisk. If you were describing an ett word, like ett barn (a child), you would add a 't' and use fantastiskt.
I see two verbs, har and är, in this sentence. How do I know which one goes with what?
The sentence is built by wrapping the main idea around a descriptive clause. The core sentence is Skådespelaren är fantastisk (The actor is fantastic). The phrase som har rollen (who has the role) is just inserted in the middle to give you more information about the actor, and har is the verb for that specific inserted part.
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