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Questions & Answers about Sagan handlar om draken.
Doesn't handlar mean "to shop"? Why does it mean "is about" here?
By itself, handlar usually means "to shop" or "to act". But when you add the preposition om, the fixed phrase handlar om translates to "is about" (commonly used when describing the plot of books, movies, or stories).
Why isn't it den sagan and den draken?
In Swedish, you only use the separate definite article (den or det) when there is an adjective in front of the noun. Since there are no adjectives in this sentence, you only use the noun's definite suffix, which gives us sagan and draken.
If I wanted to say "the old dragon", how would I use the masculine -e ending from this lesson?
You would say den gamle draken. In fairy tales, dragons are often treated as male characters. When describing a specific male person or character, the definite adjective takes the masculine -e ending (gamle) instead of the standard -a ending (gamla).
What is the base form of sagan?
The base word is en saga (a fairy tale). Because it is an en-word that already ends in a vowel, you simply add -n to the end to make it definite, giving you sagan.