Breakdown of Han ligger på sjukhuset på grund av sjukdomen.
han
he
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
sjukhuset
the hospital
ligga
to lie (be in a horizontal position) / to be located, be situated
på grund av
because of
sjukdomen
the disease
Questions & Answers about Han ligger på sjukhuset på grund av sjukdomen.
Why use ligger (lies) instead of är (is)?
When someone is admitted as a patient in a hospital, Swedish naturally uses the verb ligger (lies) rather than är (is). If you just say han är på sjukhuset, it usually means he is just visiting someone or working there.
How does the compound preposition på grund av work here?
På grund av means 'because of' or 'due to'. It literally translates to 'on ground of'. You use this fixed three-word phrase to introduce the cause of a situation, followed directly by a noun like sjukdomen.
Why is it på sjukhuset instead of i sjukhuset?
Swedish uses the preposition på for most public institutions, workplaces, and places where a specific service happens. You say på sjukhuset (in the hospital) just like på banken (at the bank) or på posten (at the post office).
What is the base form of sjukdomen?
The base noun is en sjukdom (an illness or disease), created by adding the noun-forming suffix -dom to the adjective sjuk (sick). Here it takes the definite suffix -en because it refers to a specific disease.
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