Breakdown of Jag vill låna min kusins nya moped.
jag
I
vilja
to want to
ny
new
min
my (min/mitt/mina)
låna
to borrow
kusinen
the cousin
mopeden
the moped
Questions & Answers about Jag vill låna min kusins nya moped.
Why is the adjective nya with an -a at the end, but moped doesn't have a definite ending?
This is exactly what this lesson is about! After a possessive word (like min) or a noun showing ownership with an -s (like kusins), the adjective must take its definite ending, which is usually -a (making it nya). However, the noun that comes after it must remain in its indefinite form (moped, not mopeden).
Does Swedish use an apostrophe for cousin's like we do in English?
No, Swedish almost never uses an apostrophe to show possession. You simply attach an -s directly to the end of the noun, which is why it is written as kusins.
Why is it min kusins and not mitt kusins?
The word for my has to match the gender of the noun it belongs to. Because the word for cousin is an en-word (en kusin), we use min. If the noun were an ett-word like barn (child), you would use mitt, creating mitt barns.
Why is there no att before låna?
The verb vill (want to) is a modal verb. Just like in English, Swedish modal verbs are followed directly by the base form (infinitive) of the next verb without needing att (to). So you say vill låna instead of vill att låna.
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