Breakdown of Den där investeringen ger en stor vinst.
en
a, an (common)
stor
big
ge
to give
den där
that (en)
Questions & Answers about Den där investeringen ger en stor vinst.
Why does investeringen have the -en ending if we are saying "that investment"?
In Swedish, pointing words like den där (that) and den här (this) must be followed by a noun in its definite form. So, you are literally saying "that the investment" (den där investeringen). This is a common trap for English speakers!
To practice this lesson's grammar, how would I change "a big profit" to "its own big profit"?
You would say sin egen stora vinst. This highlights the exact exception you are learning! After a possessive word like sin (its), regular adjectives must take an -a ending (which is why stor becomes stora). However, egen is an exception and does not take the -a; it simply matches the en-word vinst as egen.
Why doesn't the adjective stor have an -a ending in the original sentence?
Because the original phrase en stor vinst is indefinite (it uses "a", not a possessive word or "the"). Since vinst is an en-word, the adjective stays in its base form stor.
What is the base form of the verb ger?