Breakdown of Mannen syr jackan med tråden.
mannen
the man
jackan
the jacket
med
with
sy
to sew
tråden
the thread
Questions & Answers about Mannen syr jackan med tråden.
Is med used here to mean 'together with' or 'using'?
It means 'using'. Just like in English, the preposition med (with) is used to indicate the tool or material used to perform an action. This is called the instrumental use of med.
Why is it tråden (the thread) instead of just tråd (thread)?
The definite form tråden shows he is using a specific piece or spool of thread, perhaps one he already picked out to match the jacket. If you wanted to say he is just using thread in general as a material, you would drop the ending and say med tråd.
The verb syr is very short. How does it change in the past tense?
Att sy (to sew) is a Group 3 verb, which consists of short verbs ending in a vowel. To make the past tense, you add -dde, making it sydde (sewed). The supine form used with har (have) is sytt (sewn).
How can I tell from this sentence whether tråd is an en-word or an ett-word?
The ending of tråden gives it away! Because the definite form ends in -en, you know it is an en-word (en tråd). If it were an ett-word, the definite form would end in -et.
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