Breakdown of Skidan glider fort på snön.
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
snön
the snow
skidan
the ski
glida
to glide
Questions & Answers about Skidan glider fort på snön.
Why is fort used here instead of snabbt?
Both can mean "fast" or "quickly". Fort is almost always an adverb and is used to describe how an action is done, like gliding. Snabb is an adjective, though you can add a -t to make it the adverb snabbt. In this sentence, glider snabbt would also be perfectly correct!
How would I change this sentence to say the ski glides "faster" or "fastest"?
Since this lesson is about comparing adverbs, you can use the regular endings for fort. To say "faster", add -are to make fortare (Skidan glider fortare). To say "fastest", add -ast to make fortast (Skidan glider fortast).
Why do both skidan and snön end with an -n?
This is the definite form, meaning "the ski" and "the snow". Both are en words: en skida (a ski) and en snö (snow). Because their base forms already end in a vowel, you just add -n to the end to make them definite.
Is glider a regular verb?
In the present tense, it looks regular because it takes the standard -er ending from its root glid- (the infinitive is att glida). However, it is a strong verb, meaning it changes its core vowel in the past tense rather than taking a normal past-tense ending.