Breakdown of Skidåkaren glider fortare om han har tränat flitigt.
han
he
ha
to have
träna
to exercise
om
if, whether
glida
to glide
fort
fast (adverb)
skidåkaren
the skier
flitigt
diligently
Questions & Answers about Skidåkaren glider fortare om han har tränat flitigt.
Why is it fortare instead of snabbare?
Both fort and snabbt mean "fast" or "quickly." Fortare is the comparative form of the regular adverb fort, made by adding -are. You could also use snabbare here, as they are often interchangeable when talking about speed!
Why does flitigt end in a -t?
Flitigt (diligently) is an adverb because it describes how the skier trained. In Swedish, you usually create an adverb by adding -t to the base adjective. The base adjective here is flitig (diligent).
Skidåkaren is a long word. How is it built?
It is a compound noun made of two words: skid (from skida, meaning ski) and åkare (meaning rider or driver). The -n at the very end makes it definite, meaning "the skier."
Why does the sentence use har tränat rather than just the past tense?
Har tränat (has trained) connects the past action to a present result. The skier's past training is the reason he glides faster right now. If the sentence used the simple past tense tränade, it would describe an action completely finished in the past.
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