Breakdown of De uppdaterar schemat var fjärde dag.
de
they
dagen
the day
fjärde
fourth
schemat
the schedule
uppdatera
to update
var
every (with ordinal)
Questions & Answers about De uppdaterar schemat var fjärde dag.
Why do we use var here instead of vart?
The word var (every) must match the gender of the noun it belongs to, which is dag (day) at the end of the phrase. Because en dag is an en-word, we use var. If they updated it every fourth year (ett år), it would be vart fjärde år.
Why is dag in the singular form if this happens over multiple days?
Just like in English, Swedish uses the singular indefinite form after var or vart plus an ordinal number (like fjärde). You are focusing on one specific day in the sequence, much like saying 'each fourth day'.
Why does the word schemat end in a 't'?
It is the definite form ('the schedule') of the ett-word ett schema. Usually, ett-words get -et at the end for the definite form, but because schema already ends in a vowel, we just add a -t.
Is fjärde (fourth) related to the number fyra (four)?
Yes, it is the ordinal version of the number four. Several common numbers in Swedish change their vowels when they become ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.). The shift from the y in fyra to the jä in fjärde is irregular and just needs to be memorized.
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