Breakdown of Dessutom är de som ljuger roliga.
vara
to be
rolig
fun
ljuga
to lie
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
dessutom
furthermore
de
those (who)
Questions & Answers about Dessutom är de som ljuger roliga.
What role does de som play in this sentence?
de som translates to "those who" or "the ones who". Together with the verb ljuger (lie), it forms the entire subject of the sentence: de som ljuger (those who lie). This is a "free relative clause", which just means a descriptive phrase that steps in to act like a standard noun phrase.
Could I use dem som instead of de som here?
No, because "those who lie" is doing the action (being funny), which makes it the subject of the sentence. Therefore, you must use the subject pronoun de. You would only use dem som if "those who" were the object receiving an action, like in Jag gillar dem som ljuger (I like those who lie).
Why is the verb är placed before the subject de som ljuger?
Why does the adjective roliga end in an -a?
Adjectives must agree with the noun or pronoun they describe. Since de som (those who) refers to multiple people, it acts as a plural subject. Therefore, the base adjective rolig (funny) gets the plural -a ending.
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