Breakdown of Spring till skyddet och stäng dörren bakom dig!
och
and
till
to (direction, destination)
springa
to run
dörren
the door
dig
you (singular)
stänga
to close
bakom
behind
skyddet
the cover (protective)
Questions & Answers about Spring till skyddet och stäng dörren bakom dig!
The lesson is about reflexive pronouns like sig, so why does this sentence use dig?
The pronoun sig is only used when the subject is third-person (he, she, it, or they). Because this sentence is a command, the hidden subject is you (du). Whenever the subject is you, the reflexive pronoun that points back to it is always dig.
Why is the object pronoun dig used after the preposition bakom?
Prepositions like bakom (behind) or med (with) always require the object form of a pronoun, so you can never say bakom du. In this spatial phrase, the object refers back to the subject, making it reflexive. This means it acts exactly like sig does for third-person subjects.
Why are the verbs written as spring and stäng instead of springer and stänger?
These are direct commands, so they use the imperative form. The imperative is usually just the stem of the verb. You find it by dropping the -er or -r from the present tense, turning springer into spring and stänger into stäng.
What kind of noun is skyddet?
It comes from the neuter noun ett skydd, which means a cover, shelter, or protection. To say the cover, you add the definite suffix -et to the end, making it skyddet.
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