Breakdown of Vilket fantastiskt trick med den osynliga kortleken!
vilket
which (ett) / what a (ett-word, exclamatory)
den
the (with en-words)
fantastisk
fantastic
med
with
tricket
the trick
osynlig
invisible
kortleken
the deck of cards
Questions & Answers about Vilket fantastiskt trick med den osynliga kortleken!
Why is it vilket and not vilken?
The word trick is an ett-word (ett trick). When making an exclamation like "What a...!", you must match the gender of the noun. You use vilken for en-words, vilket for ett-words, and vilka for plurals.
Why isn't there a word for "a" in Vilket fantastiskt trick ("What a fantastic trick")?
In English, you say "What a...". But in Swedish, exclamations starting with vilken, vilket, or vilka don't use an indefinite article like en or ett. You just put the adjective and noun directly after the exclamation word.
Why does fantastiskt end in a -t but osynliga ends in an -a?
Fantastiskt describes an indefinite ett-word (ett trick), so it gets the neuter -t ending. Osynliga is describing a specific, definite noun ("the invisible deck"). When describing a definite noun, Swedish adjectives always take the -a ending.
Why do we say den osynliga kortleken instead of just den osynliga kortlek?
This is the Swedish double definite rule. When you use a freestanding definite article (den, det, or de) with an adjective, the noun itself must also have its definite ending attached to the end (-en for en kortlek). You are literally saying "the invisible card-deck-the".
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