Breakdown of Vi har sorterat alla nycklar i korgen.
vi
we
i
in
ha
to have
nyckeln
the key
alla
all
sortera
to sort
korgen
the basket
Questions & Answers about Vi har sorterat alla nycklar i korgen.
Why is the plural of "nyckel" spelled nycklar instead of "nyckelar"?
When an en-word ends in an unstressed -el (like nyckel), it drops that final e before adding the plural ending. Since nyckel takes the plural ending -ar, it shrinks down to nycklar. This is called "syncopation" and makes the word easier and faster to say!
In English, we would say "all THE keys". Why is nycklar in the indefinite form here?
In Swedish, the word alla (all) is almost always followed by the plural indefinite form of a noun. Even though we usually translate it as "all the keys" to make it sound natural in English, Swedish just says alla nycklar.
Why does the verb sorterat end in a -t?
This is the supine form of the verb sortera (to sort). You use the supine form after the helper verb har (have) to talk about things you have done. For regular verbs in Group 1, you create this form by simply adding a -t to the dictionary form: sortera becomes har sorterat.
How do we know korgen means "the basket" and not just "basket"?
Korg is an en-word. In Swedish, instead of putting a separate word for "the" in front of the noun, you add an ending to it. Adding -en to the end of korg gives us korgen (the basket).
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