Breakdown of Är det utgivna dokumentet gömt i dammet?
vara
to be
i
in
det
the (with ett-words)
dokumentet
the document
gömma
to hide
utge
to publish / to issue (books, magazines)
dammet
the dust
Questions & Answers about Är det utgivna dokumentet gömt i dammet?
Why is it utgivna instead of utgivet if dokument is an ett-word?
Because it is placed between the independent definite article det and the definite noun dokumentet. In this attributive position, the past participle acts like an adjective and must take the definite ending. For Group 4 strong verbs, the definite ending is -na, so utgiven becomes utgivna.
How do we get the word utgivna from the verb meaning to publish?
The verb for "to publish" is ge ut (or utge). Since ge (to give) is an irregular Group 4 verb, its past participle uses the -en, -et, -na pattern. Combined with the prefix ut-, the base form is utgiven, which becomes utgivna in the definite form.
Why doesn't gömt also take an -a at the end since we are talking about the definite document?
Gömt comes after the verb är, acting as a predicative adjective. In Swedish, predicative adjectives and participles only agree with the gender and number of the noun, but they never take the definite form. Since dokument is an ett-word, the past participle of gömma takes the neuter -t ending, becoming gömt.
Does dammet mean dust, or a dam/pond?
The word damm is a homonym that can mean either dust (an ett-word: ett damm, dammet) or a pond/dam (an en-word: en damm, dammen). Because the sentence uses the neuter definite form dammet, we know it means "the dust".
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