Questions & Answers about Sängen är mittemot dörren.
Does mittemot need another word after it, like 'opposite to' or 'across from'?
No, mittemot works all by itself! While in English we often add extra little words, in Swedish you just put the object directly after the preposition: mittemot dörren.
Mittemot looks like a long word. Is it made up of smaller words?
Yes, it is a compound word made of mitt (middle) and emot (against/towards). Thinking of it literally as 'middle-against' can help you remember that it means directly facing or across from something.
Which part of mittemot gets the emphasis when speaking?
The stress falls on the very last syllable: mitt-em-OT.
Both sängen and dörren end in -en. Does the preposition mittemot force words to take this ending?
No, the -en ending has nothing to do with the preposition. It is simply the definite form ('the') for en-words. En säng becomes sängen (the bed) and en dörr becomes dörren (the door). We use it here because we are talking about a specific bed and a specific door.