Breakdown of Vad tjusig klänningen ser ut på dig!
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
dig
you (singular)
klänningen
the dress
se ut
to look, to appear
vad
how (in exclamations)
tjusig
elegant
Questions & Answers about Vad tjusig klänningen ser ut på dig!
Why do we use Vad instead of Hur when the English translation says "How"?
In Swedish exclamations, vad is used before an adjective to mean "how" (as in "How beautiful!"). You generally use hur for asking actual questions, like Hur mår du? (How are you?).
Why is the adjective tjusig placed before the noun it describes?
Exclamatory sentences like this follow a specific word order: Vad + adjective + subject + verb. That is why tjusig comes immediately after Vad, followed by the subject klänningen.
Why is the adjective tjusig in its base form rather than tjusigt?
Even though it is at the front of the sentence, the adjective still must agree with the noun it describes. Because klänningen (the dress) is a singular en-word, tjusig takes the standard en-word form.
What role does ut play in this sentence?
It is a necessary part of the phrasal verb ser ut, which means "looks" or "appears". If you dropped ut and just used ser, it would literally mean that the dress is using eyes to see!
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