Breakdown of Det finns ingen busshållplats på den där gatan.
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
gatan
the street
det finns
there is, there are
ingen
no, none (en-word)
den där
that (en)
busshållplatsen
the bus stop
Questions & Answers about Det finns ingen busshållplats på den där gatan.
Why do we use det finns here instead of translating 'there is' directly as där är?
When saying 'there is' or 'there are' to show that something exists, Swedish uses the dummy subject det (literally 'it') with the verb finns (exists / is found). You only use där är when physically pointing out a location, meaning 'over there is'.
Why is it ingen busshållplats instead of inte en busshållplats?
While inte en (not a) is understood, Swedish strongly prefers using the single word ingen (no / not any) for sentences like this. Because busshållplats is an en-word, we use ingen. If it were an ett-word, it would be inget.
Why does gatan end in -n if den där already means 'that'?
In Swedish, demonstrative phrases like den där (that) and den här (this) require the following noun to also be in its definite form. Even though English just says 'that street', Swedish builds it as 'that there the-street', turning gata into gatan.
How is the word busshållplats put together?
It is a compound word made of buss (bus) and hållplats (stop). You can break hållplats down further into håll (from the verb hålla, meaning to hold or stop) and plats (place). So it literally means 'bus stopping place'.
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