Breakdown of Vi matar varandras hundar och lånar ut verktyg till varandra.
vi
we
och
and
hunden
the dog
till
to (direction, destination)
Questions & Answers about Vi matar varandras hundar och lånar ut verktyg till varandra.
Why does varandra have an -s at the end in the first half of the sentence?
Adding an -s makes it a possessive (genitive) pronoun, just like adding 's in English! Varandra means 'each other', so varandras means 'each other's'. Here, it shows that they are feeding each other's dogs (hundar).
Why do we use varandras for the dogs, but just varandra at the end of the sentence?
You use varandras when there is ownership involved ('each other's dogs'). At the end of the sentence, you are just saying 'to each other' (till varandra) as the object of the sentence, so no possessive -s is needed.
What does the ut do in lånar ut?
By itself, the verb låna means 'to borrow'. When you add the particle ut (out), it changes the meaning to 'to lend'. You are literally 'borrowing out' the tools to someone else!
Is verktyg singular or plural here?
It is plural ('tools'). Because ett verktyg is an ett-word ending in a consonant, its indefinite plural form looks exactly the same as its singular form.