Word
Vågen är stor. Därför är seglet blött.
Meaning
The wave is large. Therefore the sail is wet.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Vågen är stor. Därför är seglet blött.
Why is the verb är before the subject seglet in the second sentence?
This is the V2 (verb-second) rule in action! The word Därför (therefore) takes up the first position in the sentence. Because the main verb in Swedish must come second, the subject seglet has to swap places with the verb är.
Could I use därför att here instead of just därför?
No, because they have different meanings. Därför means 'therefore' and shows the result of something. Därför att means 'because' and gives a reason. If you used därför att here, it would mean 'The wave is large because the sail is wet', which is completely backwards!
Why is there an extra -t at the end of blött?
Adjectives in Swedish must match the gender of the noun they describe. The word for sail is an ett-word (ett segel). When describing an ett-word, you add a -t to the adjective. The base form is blöt (wet), so it becomes blött.
Why doesn't stor (large) get a -t at the end like blött does?
Because stor describes vågen (the wave), which is an en-word (en våg). Adjectives describing en-words stay in their normal base form, so stor does not need an extra ending.