Breakdown of Jag tycker om de rosa biljetterna.
jag
I
tycka om
to like
biljetten
the ticket
de
the (plural, before adjective)
Questions & Answers about Jag tycker om de rosa biljetterna.
Why doesn't rosa have a special plural or definite ending here?
Normally, an adjective gets an -a ending when used with a definite or plural noun. However, rosa (pink) is an indeclinable adjective. This means it never changes its spelling. It stays exactly the same whether the noun is an "en" word, an "ett" word, singular, or plural!
Why do we use de when biljetterna already means "the tickets"?
Swedish uses a rule often called "double definiteness." When you have a definite noun (biljetterna) and you want to put an adjective in front of it, you have to add a separate definite article before the adjective. Since the noun is plural, that extra article is de.
What does om do in this sentence? Can I just say "Jag tycker de rosa biljetterna"?
No, you need om! By itself, tycker means "think" (as in having an opinion). When you add om, it becomes the phrasal verb tycker om, which means "like."
How do we get from "biljett" to biljetterna?
The base word is en biljett (a ticket). To make it plural, you add -er to get biljetter (tickets). To make it definite ("the tickets"), you add the plural definite ending -na, resulting in biljetterna.