Breakdown of Kompromissen blev en bra gemensam lösning.
en
a, an (common)
bra
good / well
bli
to become
lösningen
the solution
kompromissen
the compromise
gemensam
common (shared, mutual)
Questions & Answers about Kompromissen blev en bra gemensam lösning.
Why use blev (became) here instead of var (was)?
While var simply means "was", Swedes frequently use blev (the past tense of att bli) to describe the final outcome of a process. Since a compromise is the result of a negotiation, blev perfectly captures the feeling of "turned out to be" or "ended up as".
Why doesn't the adjective bra have a special ending here to match the noun?
How does the adjective agreement work with gemensam in this sentence?
Gemensam means "common" or "mutual". Because it describes en lösning (an en-word), it stays in its basic form. If it were describing an ett-word, it would become gemensamt, and for plurals, it would be gemensamma.
How is the word lösning formed?
It is built from the verb att lösa (to solve). The -ning suffix is a very common way to turn a verb into a noun in Swedish, similar to "-tion" or "-ing" in English.
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