Breakdown of Den där svampen är nyttig.
vara
to be
den där
that (en)
svampen
the mushroom
nyttig
healthy (food)
Questions & Answers about Den där svampen är nyttig.
Why does it say Den där svampen instead of just Den där svamp?
In Swedish, when you use the demonstrative pronouns den här (this) or den där (that), the noun that follows must also be in its definite form. So, you combine den där (that) with svampen (the mushroom).
I thought the word for "healthy" was frisk. Why use nyttig here?
Frisk means "healthy" in the sense of not being sick, and is mostly used for living things like people or animals. Nyttig means "healthy" in the sense of being nutritious or good for you, which is why it is used for food like svampen. It can also translate as "useful".
Why is the adjective nyttig and not nyttigt?
Because svamp is an en word (en svamp). When an en word is singular, the adjective describing it stays in its base form (nyttig). If the noun were an ett word, like ett äpple, the adjective would take a T and become nyttigt.
The current lesson is about OVS word order. Is this sentence an example of that?
No, this sentence uses standard word order, where Den där svampen is the subject. However, if you wanted to use this mushroom as the emphasized object in an OVS sentence for this lesson, you could say something like Den där svampen äter jag inte (That mushroom, I do not eat).
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