Word
Håret blir blont och lockigt.
Meaning
Your hair is getting blond and curly.
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Questions & Answers about Håret blir blont och lockigt.
Why is the verb blir used here to mean "is getting"?
The verb bli (here in the present tense blir) means to become or to get. It shows a change of state. If you used är (is), it would mean the hair is already blond and curly. Using blir shows the process of it turning that way.
Why do the adjectives blont and lockigt end in -t?
They describe håret (the hair). Because hår is an ett word, any predicative adjectives describing it must be in their neuter form. This means adding a -t to the end of the base adjectives blond and lockig.
Why does blont drop the -d from the base word blond?
When an adjective ends in -d, adding the neuter -t usually makes the -d drop out to make it easier to pronounce. Instead of the awkward-sounding blondt, Swedish spelling simplifies it to blont.
The translation says "Your hair", but doesn't håret just mean "the hair"?
Yes, literally it translates to "the hair". In Swedish, it is standard to use the definite form (like håret) for body parts when it is obvious from the situation whose body part it is. English normally requires possessive pronouns like "your" or "my" in these cases.