Breakdown of De skrev ner alla fel i sitt nya dokument.
de
they
i
in
felet
the mistake
alla
all
ny
new
sitt
his/her/its/their own (ett-word)
dokumentet
the document
skriva ner
to write down
Questions & Answers about De skrev ner alla fel i sitt nya dokument.
What is the difference between skrev and the particle verb skrev ner here?
While skrev just means wrote, skrev ner is a particle verb meaning wrote down or noted. The particle ner adds the specific meaning of recording information for future reference, just like in English. When speaking, the stress falls heavily on the particle ner.
Why does the sentence use sitt instead of deras for their?
Since the document belongs to the subject of the sentence (De, meaning They), Swedish requires the reflexive possessive pronoun. We use sitt because dokument is an ett-word. If you used deras, it would mean they wrote the errors down in someone else's document.
Why is there an -a at the end of nya if it refers to a single document?
After any possessive pronoun (like sitt, min, or vår), adjectives must take the definite form. For almost all adjectives, this means adding an -a to the end. So even though it is just one document, ny becomes nya.
The English translation says all the errors, so why is fel in the indefinite form instead of felen?
In Swedish, the word alla (all) is followed by a noun in the indefinite plural form. Because fel is an ett-word ending in a consonant, its plural form looks exactly the same as its singular form (ett fel, flera fel). Therefore, all the errors translates to alla fel.
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