Breakdown of Du har ingen tandsten kvar!
du
you (singular)
ha
to have
ingen
no, none (en-word)
kvar
left (remaining)
tandstenen
the tartar
Questions & Answers about Du har ingen tandsten kvar!
"Tandsten" translates to "tartar", but how is this word built?
It is a compound word made of tand (tooth) and sten (stone), so it literally means "tooth stone"! Like all Swedish compound words, it takes its gender and plural forms from its final part.
Why do we use ingen here instead of inget or inga?
The word for "no" has to agree with the noun it describes. Since the compound word ends in sten, which is an en-word (en sten), it takes the singular en-word form ingen. We don't use the plural inga because tartar is treated as an uncountable mass, just like in English.
Where does kvar normally go in a sentence like this?
Kvar means "remaining" or "left". In the common phrasing har [något] kvar (have [something] left), the word kvar generally goes directly after the object, placing it at the end of the clause.
Learn Du har ingen tandsten kvar and more in Swedish
All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.
- ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
- ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
- ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free