Word
Min nya kollega är väldigt klumpig.
Meaning
My new colleague is very clumsy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Min nya kollega är väldigt klumpig.
vara
to be
ny
new
min
my (min/mitt/mina)
kollegan
the colleague
Questions & Answers about Min nya kollega är väldigt klumpig.
Why is it nya instead of ny when kollega is a singular word?
After a possessive pronoun like min (my), you must always use the weak form of the adjective, which ends in -a. It looks exactly like the plural form, even though kollega is singular here.
I usually use mycket for "very". Is there a difference between mycket and väldigt?
In everyday Swedish, väldigt is extremely common and works just like mycket to mean "very". Literally, it comes from the adjective väldig (huge or enormous), but as an adverb, it just adds strong emphasis.
If I wanted to say "My new colleagues are very clumsy," how would this sentence change?
It would become Mina nya kollegor är väldigt klumpiga. Notice that min becomes mina, kollega gets its plural ending (kollegor or kolleger), and klumpig gets the plural -a ending (klumpiga). Nya and väldigt stay the same.
How can I tell from this sentence if kollega is an en or ett word?