Breakdown of Smartklockan har en mycket mer avancerad funktion.
en
a, an (common)
mycket
much / very
ha
to have
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Questions & Answers about Smartklockan har en mycket mer avancerad funktion.
How does mycket work with the comparative adjective in this sentence?
In Swedish, just like in English, you can intensify a comparative adjective by putting mycket (much) directly in front of it. Here, it turns mer avancerad (more advanced) into mycket mer avancerad (much more advanced).
Why do we use mer here instead of adding -are to the end of the adjective?
Most Swedish adjectives take the ending -are in the comparative form (for example, varmare for warmer). However, adjectives that are formed from verbs and end in -ad, -at, or -ande, as well as very long adjectives, use the word mer (more) instead to sound more natural.
If I wanted to say the feature was even more advanced, how would that change the sentence?
You would replace mycket with ännu. The phrase would then become en ännu mer avancerad funktion, meaning an even more advanced feature. Both words are used to intensify comparisons, but they give slightly different shades of meaning.
Why is the adjective spelled avancerad and not avancerat?