Breakdown of Det fanns inga fakturor att sammanfatta i torsdags.
att
to (before a verb)
torsdag
Thursday
det finns
there is, there are
inga
no (plural)
Questions & Answers about Det fanns inga fakturor att sammanfatta i torsdags.
Why is there an s at the end of i torsdags, and what does it mean?
Adding an -s to a day of the week and putting i before it is how you say "last [Day]" in Swedish. So, i torsdags means "last Thursday." This structure is only used for events that have already happened in the past.
Why use det fanns here instead of det var for "there were"?
To say "there is" or "there are" in Swedish, you use det finns. Since this sentence is in the past tense, it uses the past tense form, det fanns ("there was" or "there were"). You wouldn't use det var here because that usually translates to "it was" rather than stating that something existed.
Why does the sentence use inga instead of inte to say "no"?
When you are negating a noun directly (meaning "no invoices" or "zero invoices"), you use ingen, inget, or inga. Because fakturor is a plural word, you must use the plural form inga. You use inte (not) when you are negating the action of a verb instead.
What is the singular form of fakturor (invoices)?
The singular form is en faktura. In Swedish, most "en" words that end in -a in the singular drop that -a and add -or to become plural.