Breakdown of Det är sammanlagt drygt hundra människor här.
vara
to be
här
here
människan
the human
hundra
a hundred
det
there (dummy subject)
drygt
just over
sammanlagt
in total
Questions & Answers about Det är sammanlagt drygt hundra människor här.
How does drygt work in this sentence, and why does it end in -t?
drygt means 'just over' or 'a little more than'. It ends in -t here because it is acting as an adverb to modify the number hundra, rather than acting as an adjective describing a noun. Its opposite, meaning 'just under', is knappt.
Why do we use Det är when talking about a plural group of people?
When expressing 'there is' or 'there are' in Swedish, you use the fixed phrases Det är or Det finns. The phrase never becomes plural, even when referring to a plural subject like människor.
How is the word sammanlagt built?
It means 'in total' or 'altogether'. It is a compound built from samman (together) and lagt (put or laid), so it literally translates to 'put together'.
Why is there no word for 'a' before hundra?
While you can say ett hundra to emphasize 'one hundred', it is completely standard in everyday Swedish to drop the ett and just say hundra when you mean 'a hundred'.
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