Breakdown of Jag vill köpa en likadan keps till min bror.
jag
I
en
a, an (common)
köpa
to buy
vilja
to want to
till
to (direction, destination)
min
my (min/mitt/mina)
brodern
the brother
likadan
identical
kepsen
the cap
Questions & Answers about Jag vill köpa en likadan keps till min bror.
Why do we use likadan here instead of likadant or likadana?
Likadan must agree with the noun it describes. Since keps (cap) is an en-word (en keps), we use the singular en-form likadan. If you were buying an ett-word like ett bälte (a belt), you would use likadant, and for plurals, you would use likadana.
Does en likadan keps mean I am buying the exact same physical cap?
No, likadan means "of the same kind" or "an identical copy". If you wanted to talk about the exact same physical object, you would use the word samma, as in samma keps.
The English translation says "for my brother", but the Swedish uses till. Why not för?
When you are buying, making, or giving a physical item to a recipient, Swedish uses till (literally "to"). You would use för if you were doing a favor on someone's behalf (like covering their shift at work), but for gifts and items changing hands, till is the natural choice.
I see keps is an en-word. How does it behave in the plural?
Even though keps is a loanword from the English plural "caps", it has been fully adapted into the Swedish system as a singular noun. Its plural is kepsar, so if you wanted to buy several identical caps, you would say likadana kepsar.
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