Breakdown of Skulle du säga att skyskrapan är hundra meter hög?
vara
to be
du
you (singular)
hög
high / loudly
hundra
a hundred
säga
to say
att
that
skulle
would
metern
the meter
skyskrapan
the skyscraper
Questions & Answers about Skulle du säga att skyskrapan är hundra meter hög?
Why is it hundra meter and not hundra metrar or meters?
In Swedish, many common units of measurement (like meter, liter, mil, and år) do not change their form in the plural when they follow a number. Therefore, one meter is en meter, and one hundred meters is simply hundra meter.
Why do we use hög for "tall" here instead of lång?
In Swedish, hög (high/tall) is used for the height of inanimate things like buildings, mountains, and trees. The word lång (long/tall) is used for the height of people. So a person is två meter lång, but a building is hundra meter hög.
Why doesn't the adjective hög get a plural ending since it's a hundred meters?
The adjective hög describes the noun skyskrapan (the skyscraper), not the meters. Because en skyskrapa is a singular en-word, the adjective stays in its basic form, hög. If we were talking about multiple buildings, it would take the plural ending: skyskraporna är hundra meter höga.
How does the word skyskrapan break down?
It is a direct, literal translation of the English word. It combines sky (sky) and skrapa (scraper). The -n at the very end is the definite article, making it "the skyscraper" rather than just "a skyscraper".
What role does skulle play at the beginning of the sentence?
Skulle is the past tense of ska (will/shall). Just like in English, using the past tense here creates the conditional "would", making the phrase "Would you say..." sound more polite or hypothetical.
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