Breakdown of Lita på frisören, du blir helt lockig!
du
you (singular)
bli
to become
frisören
the hairdresser
lita på
to trust
helt
completely
lockig
curly
Questions & Answers about Lita på frisören, du blir helt lockig!
Why is blir translated as "will end up" instead of "become"?
The verb bli literally means "to become", but it is the standard way to express a change of state in Swedish. In natural English, we often translate this as "getting" or "ending up" a certain way. Also, notice that Swedish frequently uses the present tense (blir) to talk about a future result!
How do we know to use lockig rather than lockigt or lockiga?
The adjective lockig (curly) describes the pronoun du (you). Because it describes a single person, it takes the common gender (en-word) singular form, which is the base form lockig. You would only use lockigt for a neuter (ett-word) noun, and lockiga for plurals.
Why do we need the word på after lita?
In Swedish, "to trust" or "to rely on" is the phrasal verb lita på. You cannot leave out på when specifying who or what you are trusting. Also, note that lita is in the imperative (command) form here because it is giving an instruction, and for this verb, the imperative looks identical to the infinitive form.
Why is the word for "completely" written as helt with a "t"?
The word helt is acting as an adverb here, modifying how curly the hair will be. In Swedish, you generally form an adverb by taking the base adjective, which is hel (whole/complete), and adding a -t to the end.
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