Breakdown of Jag tar fotot med min nya kamera.
jag
I
ta
to take
fotot
the photo
ny
new
min
my (min/mitt/mina)
kameran
the camera
med
with
Questions & Answers about Jag tar fotot med min nya kamera.
Why do we use med in this sentence?
Here, med is used to show the tool or instrument you are using to perform the action. Just like in English, you take a photo 'with' a camera. It acts as an instrumental preposition answering the question 'using what?'.
Why does the adjective have an 'a' at the end (nya instead of ny)?
Because it comes right after a possessive word (min). In Swedish, after possessive pronouns like min, din, or vår, the adjective always takes its 'weak' form. For most adjectives, this means simply adding an -a, no matter the gender or number of the noun.
Since it is a specific camera, why isn't it kameran in the definite form?
When you use a possessive pronoun like min, the noun that follows must be in its indefinite form (kamera), even though the meaning is specific. It is a common trap to try and use the definite form here, but possessives always pair with the bare, indefinite noun.
Could I say bilden instead of fotot here?
Yes! Both ta ett foto and ta en bild are completely natural and interchangeable ways to say 'take a picture' in Swedish. Notice that foto is an ett-word, which is why it becomes fotot in the definite form.
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