Word
Har du en inbjudan till kalaset?
Meaning
Do you have an invitation to the party?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Har du en inbjudan till kalaset?
du
you (singular)
en
a, an (common)
ha
to have
till
to (direction, destination)
Questions & Answers about Har du en inbjudan till kalaset?
Why does inbjudan look like a definite noun when it has en in front of it?
Words ending in -an, like en inbjudan (an invitation) or en början (a beginning), are special. The -an is just part of the base word, not the definite ending. To say 'the invitation', you usually use the form inbjudningen.
Why do we use till for 'to the party' here?
In Swedish, when you have an invitation, a ticket, or a link to an event, you use till. Just like in English you say 'an invitation to the party', Swedish uses en inbjudan till kalaset.
What is the difference between ett kalas and en fest?
Both mean 'party', but ett kalas is typically a birthday party or a children's gathering, usually involving cake. En fest is a more general term for a party. Since kalas is an ett word, 'the party' becomes kalaset.