Breakdown of Deltagaren väntar i entrén nu.
nu
now
i
in
vänta
to wait / to expect (a baby)
deltagaren
the participant
entrén
the entrance
Questions & Answers about Deltagaren väntar i entrén nu.
Why does i entrén come before nu?
In Swedish, when you have both a place (where?) and a time (when?) at the end of a clause, the place almost always comes first. This is known as the Rum-Tid (Place-Time) rule. Here, the place i entrén must go before the time nu.
Why does deltagaren only end in -n for the definite (the) form?
The base word is en deltagare (a participant). Because it already ends in the vowel -e, you only need to add an -n to make it definite, rather than adding a whole extra -en.
The translation says "is waiting", but doesn't väntar just mean "waits"?
Swedish doesn't have a separate "-ing" verb form for things happening right now. Väntar can mean either "waits" or "is waiting" depending on the context. Because of the word nu (now), "is waiting" is the most natural English translation here.
Why does entrén have an accent mark?
The base word en entré is a loanword from French. The accent tells you to put the spoken stress on that final vowel. Just like other en-words ending in a vowel, it only adds an -n to become the definite form entrén (the entrance).
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