Word
Vi skickade en inbjudan den elfte november.
Meaning
We sent an invitation on the eleventh of November.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Vi skickade en inbjudan den elfte november.
vi
we
en
a, an (common)
den
the (with en-words)
november
November
Questions & Answers about Vi skickade en inbjudan den elfte november.
Why is there no word for "on" or "of" in den elfte november?
In English, you say "on the eleventh of November". In Swedish, you don't use a preposition like "on" before a specific date, and you don't translate "of". You simply use den followed by the ordinal number (elfte) and the month (november).
How do we get the word elfte (eleventh) from the number eleven?
The regular number eleven is elva. To make it an ordinal number (eleventh), you add -te. Notice that the spelling changes slightly: the v in elva changes to an f, making it elfte.
Why isn't the month november capitalized in the Swedish sentence?
Unlike in English, Swedish does not capitalize the names of months or days of the week. They are always written in lowercase, like november, oktober, or måndag.
The word inbjudan ends in -an, which usually means "the". Why does it have en in front of it?