Breakdown of De färska grönsakerna skalas, hackas och blandas i kastrullen.
och
and
i
in
de
the (plural, before adjective)
färsk
fresh
blanda
to mix
grönsaken
the vegetable
skala
to peel
hacka
to chop
kastrullen
the saucepan
Questions & Answers about De färska grönsakerna skalas, hackas och blandas i kastrullen.
How do the verbs skalas, hackas, and blandas get that -s ending?
These verbs are in the present tense s-passive, which is often used for recipes and instructions. To form it, you take the active present tense (like skalar, hackar, blandar), remove the final -r, and add an -s instead.
Why do we use the passive voice here instead of just saying who is doing the cooking?
The s-passive is perfect for recipes, manuals, and rules because the focus is on what needs to be done, not who is doing it. It sounds much more natural in a Swedish recipe to say that the vegetables are chopped (hackas) rather than saying that you chop the vegetables.
Why is it De färska grönsakerna? Doesn't De already make it definite?
Yes, but Swedish uses the double definite rule when a definite noun has an adjective in front of it. You need the independent plural article De, the adjective ending in -a (färska), AND the definite plural ending on the noun itself (grönsakerna).
Is kastrullen plural, since it ends in -en?
No, kastrullen is the definite singular form, meaning the saucepan. The base word is an en-word, en kastrull. If it were plural, meaning the saucepans, it would be kastrullerna.
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