Word
Läkaren frågade om barnets ålder och vikt.
Meaning
The doctor asked about the child's age and weight.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Läkaren frågade om barnets ålder och vikt.
barnet
the child
och
and
fråga
to ask
läkaren
the doctor
Questions & Answers about Läkaren frågade om barnets ålder och vikt.
Is the word ålder related to the adjectives we are learning in this lesson, like äldre (older)?
Yes! While this lesson focuses on adjectives that change their vowels—like gammal (old) to äldre (older) and tung (heavy) to tyngre (heavier)—this sentence uses their noun forms. Ålder means age and vikt means weight. They are great words to know so you can talk about these concepts as nouns.
Why is there an -s on the end of barnets?
That is the Swedish possessive -s, which works just like the English apostrophe-s. First you take the definite noun barnet (the child), and then add -s to make barnets (the child's).
Why use om after frågade? Could I just say Läkaren frågade barnets ålder?
In Swedish, when you ask about a topic or a piece of information, you usually need the preposition om. If you just use fråga without om, it typically means you are directing your question at a person, like in the phrase läkaren frågade barnet (the doctor asked the child).
How is the definite word läkaren (the doctor) formed?