Breakdown of De som kommer till uttagningen är nervösa.
vara
to be
komma
to come
till
to (direction, destination)
nervös
nervous
Questions & Answers about De som kommer till uttagningen är nervösa.
How does de som work in this sentence?
De som translates to "those who". Here, the entire clause De som kommer till uttagningen acts as a single noun phrase. It functions as the complete subject of the main sentence, just like a regular noun would.
Why does the main verb är appear so late? Doesn't Swedish use V2 (verb-second) word order?
How is the word uttagningen formed?
It is built from the phrasal verb ta ut, which means "to select" or "pick out". The suffix -ning turns it into a noun (uttagning meaning "selection" or "tryout"), and the final -en makes it definite ("the tryout").
Why does nervösa end in an -a?
Adjectives must agree with the subject they describe. Because the subject De som ("those who") refers to multiple people, the adjective nervös must take the plural ending -a to become nervösa.