Breakdown of Vilket imponerande och utsökt vin!
och
and
vilket
which / what a (ett-word)
vinet
the wine
utsökt
delicious
imponerande
impressive
Questions & Answers about Vilket imponerande och utsökt vin!
Why do we use vilket here instead of vilken?
Vilket is used because it must agree with the noun it refers to, which is vin. Since wine is an ett word (ett vin), we use the neuter form vilket. If it were an en word like bil (car), we would use vilken.
The English translation says "What an...", but there is no word for "a" or "an" in the Swedish sentence. Why?
In English, we say "What a..." or "What an...", but in Swedish exclamations, you drop the article completely. You just use vilken, vilket, or vilka followed directly by the adjective and noun.
Why doesn't the adjective imponerande end in a -t to match the ett word vin?
Imponerande (impressive) is an adjective that ends in -ande. Words with this ending are "indeclinable," meaning their spelling never changes. They look exactly the same whether they describe an en word, an ett word, or plural nouns!
Does utsökt end in a -t here because it's describing an ett word?
Actually, utsökt is the base form of the word! Because it already ends in the consonant combination -kt, Swedish doesn't add an extra -t for ett words. It looks exactly the same whether it describes an ett word (ett utsökt vin) or an en word (en utsökt måltid).
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