Word
Att kramas efter dejten är trevligt.
Meaning
Hugging after the date is nice.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Att kramas efter dejten är trevligt.
vara
to be
att
to
trevlig
nice (pleasant, friendly)
efter
after
Questions & Answers about Att kramas efter dejten är trevligt.
Why does kramas end in an -s?
The -s at the end makes it a reciprocal verb, which means the action is shared between two or more people. While the regular verb krama means to hug someone, the reciprocal form kramas means to hug each other.
Why does the sentence start with Att instead of just using the verb?
When an action is the main subject of a sentence, Swedish uses att plus the infinitive form of the verb. English often uses the -ing form for this, as in hugging, but Swedish literally says to hug each other.
Why is the adjective trevligt spelled with a -t at the end?
Adjectives must match the gender of the subject they describe. When an adjective describes a whole phrase or an action rather than a specific noun, Swedish grammar treats the subject as a neuter word. Because the subject here is the action Att kramas, the adjective takes the neuter -t ending.
Is dejten borrowed from English?
Yes! Swedish uses the word en dejt for a romantic outing. It sounds just like the English equivalent but is spelled phonetically the Swedish way. Here it has the definite ending -en, making it dejten, which means the date.