Breakdown of Hon hänger sina kläder över stolen.
hon
she
stolen
the chair
kläderna
the clothes
sina
his/her/its/their own (plural)
hänga
to hang
över
over / past (in clock times)
Questions & Answers about Hon hänger sina kläder över stolen.
Why do we use över instead of på (on) here?
Över means over or across. Using över stolen shows that the clothes are being draped across the back of the chair, rather than just sitting in a pile on the seat (which would be på stolen).
Why is it sina kläder and not hennes kläder?
Sina is a reflexive possessive pronoun that refers back to the subject of the sentence. Because she is hanging her own clothes, we use sina. If the sentence used hennes, it would mean she is hanging some other woman's clothes on the chair.
Why do we use sina instead of sin or sitt?
You must match the possessive pronoun to the noun it describes. Kläder (clothes) is a plural word, so we use the plural form sina. If she were hanging a single jacket (en jacka), it would be sin jacka.
Why is kläder in the indefinite form?
In Swedish, you always use the indefinite form of a noun immediately after a possessive pronoun. So it is always just sina kläder, never sina kläderna.
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