Breakdown of Jag hör musen prassla i busken.
jag
I
i
in
höra
to hear
musen
the mouse
busken
the bush
prassla
to rustle
Questions & Answers about Jag hör musen prassla i busken.
Why is prassla in the infinitive instead of the present tense prasslar?
Because höra (to hear) is a verb of perception. When you use a perception verb (like höra, se, or känna) followed by an object (musen), the action that the object performs is written in the infinitive. This is very similar to English: "I hear the mouse rustle."
Should there be an att (to) before prassla?
No. Verbs of perception take a "bare infinitive." This means the second verb appears in its dictionary form without the word att. You just say hör musen prassla, never hör musen att prassla.
In English, I might say "I hear the mouse rustling." How would that change the Swedish sentence?
It wouldn't change at all! Swedish doesn't use a continuous "-ing" equivalent here. You use the bare infinitive (prassla) after a perception verb to express both "rustle" and "rustling".
What is the plural form of musen?
The base word is en mus (a mouse), and it is an irregular noun. The plural is möss (mice). If you heard multiple mice, the sentence would be Jag hör mössen prassla.
What is the base dictionary form of busken?
The base form is en buske (a bush). Because it already ends in a vowel, it just takes an -n to become the definite form busken (the bush).
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