Breakdown of Vi sorterar alla kablar och läser etiketten.
vi
we
och
and
läsa
to read
alla
all
sortera
to sort
kabeln
the cable
etiketten
the label
Questions & Answers about Vi sorterar alla kablar och läser etiketten.
Why is "cables" spelled kablar instead of kabelar?
The singular word for a cable is en kabel. Because it ends in an unstressed -el, it drops that e when we add the plural ending -ar. This dropping of the vowel is called syncopation, and you will also see it in words like cykel (bicycle), which becomes cyklar in the plural.
Why do we use alla here instead of all or allt?
The word for "all" changes to match the noun it describes. Because kablar is plural, we must use the plural form alla. If the noun were an uncountable singular word, we would use all for an en word (like all tid meaning all time) or allt for an ett word.
How do we know etiketten means "the label" rather than just "label"?
In Swedish, the word for "the" is usually attached to the end of the noun. The base word is en etikett (a label). Because it is an en word, we add -en to the end to get etiketten (the label).
Both sorterar and läser are in the present tense, but they have different endings. Why is that?
Swedish verbs are divided into different groups. Sorterar comes from the infinitive att sortera and belongs to the most common group, which just adds an -r in the present tense. Läser comes from att läsa and belongs to a different group that replaces the final -a with an -er ending.
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