Word
Vi letar efter ett likadant vykort i turistbutiken.
Meaning
We are looking for an identical postcard in the tourist shop.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Vi letar efter ett likadant vykort i turistbutiken.
ett
a, an (neuter)
vi
we
i
in
leta efter
to look for (physical items, everyday)
Questions & Answers about Vi letar efter ett likadant vykort i turistbutiken.
Why do we use likadant here instead of likadan?
The word it describes is vykort (postcard), which is an ett word (ett vykort). Because of this, the word for identical or similar must take the neuter -t ending, becoming likadant.
What is the difference between saying samma vykort and ett likadant vykort?
samma vykort would mean you are looking for the exact same physical piece of cardboard (for example, if you dropped it). ett likadant vykort means you want another postcard of the same kind or with the identical picture, which is why we use likadant here.
Why do we need the word efter after letar?
The verb letar on its own means searching in a general sense. When you want to specify exactly what you are looking for, you must use the phrasal verb letar efter (looking for).
How is the word turistbutiken built?
It is a compound word made of turist (tourist) and butiken (the shop). In Swedish, to say the shop, you add the definite suffix -en to the end of en butik, which carries over when forming the compound word turistbutiken.