Breakdown of Hon har dåliga vanor när hon shoppar.
hon
she
ha
to have
när
when
dålig
bad
shoppa
to shop (for clothes, non-necessities)
vanan
the habit
Questions & Answers about Hon har dåliga vanor när hon shoppar.
Why use shoppar here instead of handlar?
While both mean 'to shop', handlar is usually used for everyday errands like buying groceries. shoppar is a loanword from English and is specifically used for buying clothes, gadgets, or shopping for fun.
The word vanor (habits) is an indefinite plural. If I wanted to say 'most habits', would it be de flesta vanorna?
No, you would say de flesta vanor. Even though de usually triggers the definite form, the phrase de flesta (most) is a special exception that always requires the indefinite plural form of the noun, exactly like the form of vanor used in this sentence.
Why is it dåliga with an 'a' at the end?
Because adjectives must agree with the noun they describe. Since vanor is plural, the adjective takes its plural form, which adds an '-a' to the base word dålig (bad).
If I started the sentence with när hon shoppar, how would the rest of the sentence change?
It would become: När hon shoppar har hon dåliga vanor. Because Swedish uses the V2 rule (verb in the second position), the entire när phrase counts as the first position, so the main verb har must come immediately after it.
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