Word
Pekskärmen använder vi ju med fingret.
Meaning
The touchscreen, we use with our finger, of course.
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Breakdown of Pekskärmen använder vi ju med fingret.
vi
we
med
with
använda
to use
ju
as you know / of course
Questions & Answers about Pekskärmen använder vi ju med fingret.
Why is it med fingret instead of translating 'with our finger' literally?
In Swedish, when you use a body part as a tool to do something, you use the preposition med followed by the definite form of the noun (fingret). You do not need a possessive word like 'our' or 'my' if it is obvious whose body part is being used.
Why does the sentence start with the object (Pekskärmen) instead of the subject (vi)?
Swedish allows you to move the object to the front of the sentence to emphasize it. Because of the strict V2 rule (where the verb must be the second element), moving Pekskärmen to the front means the verb använder stays in position two, pushing the subject vi to position three.
How does the little word ju change the meaning of this sentence?
The word ju shows that the speaker expects you to already know and agree with this information. It gives the sentence the feeling of 'as we all know' or 'of course'. It makes the fact that we use touchscreens with our fingers sound like a shared, obvious truth.
I notice fingret ends in -et. Is finger an ett-word in Swedish?
Yes, it is ett finger. It is a slightly tricky noun because it ends in -er but is an ett-word. In the definite form (the finger), it drops its 'e' and adds -et, becoming fingret.