Breakdown of Örat och foten är skadade. Båda två gör ont.
vara
to be
och
and
göra
to do, to make
två
two
skadad
injured
båda
both (pronoun, e.g. both of them)
ont
pain / hurt
örat
the ear
foten
the foot
Questions & Answers about Örat och foten är skadade. Båda två gör ont.
Why do we use båda två here instead of just båda?
Båda means both, but Swedish often adds två (two) for emphasis. Saying båda två is exactly like saying both of them in English. You could just say Båda gör ont, but adding två is very common and sounds natural.
Why is the word for injured spelled skadade in this sentence?
Because we are talking about two things (the ear and the foot), the describing word needs to be in its plural form. The base word for injured is skadad. Words ending in -ad form their plural by adding an -e at the end, making it skadade.
How does the phrase gör ont work to mean hurt?
In Swedish, you do not usually use a single verb to say that a body part hurts. Instead, you use the phrase göra ont, which literally means to do bad or to make pain. So Båda två gör ont translates directly to Both of them make pain.
Is örat an en-word or an ett-word?
It is an ett-word. The base word is ett öra (an ear). Because it already ends in a vowel, you just add a -t to the end to make it definite (the ear), which gives us örat.
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