Breakdown of Vilken imponerande utsikt från balkongen!
från
from
balkongen
the balcony
vilken
which (en) / what a (en-word, exclamatory)
utsikten
the view
imponerande
impressive
Questions & Answers about Vilken imponerande utsikt från balkongen!
Why does the sentence start with vilken instead of vad to mean "what"?
When saying "What a..." or "What an..." followed by a noun in Swedish, you must use vilken, vilket, or vilka. You only use vad when making an exclamation with just an adjective, like Vad imponerande! (How impressive!).
Why is it vilken here, rather than vilket or vilka?
The exclamation word has to match the gender and number of the noun you are talking about. Because "view" is a singular en-word (en utsikt), you use vilken. If you were talking about an ett-word, like ett hus (a house), you would say Vilket imponerande hus!.
Why don't we use an article like en after vilken, like we do in English ("What an impressive view")?
Swedish drops the article completely in these types of exclamations. You just put vilken directly before the adjective and the noun: Vilken imponerande utsikt!
Why does imponerande end in -ande, and would the ending change if the noun was an ett-word?
Imponerande (impressive) is a word formed from a verb but acting as an adjective. A great rule to remember is that adjectives ending in -ande or -ende never change their endings! It stays exactly the same whether it describes an en-word, an ett-word, or a plural noun.
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