Breakdown of Fotografen kom springande med de tryckta bilderna.
komma
to come
springa
to run
bilden
the picture
de
the (plural, before adjective)
med
with
tryckt
printed
fotografen
the photographer
Questions & Answers about Fotografen kom springande med de tryckta bilderna.
Why does the sentence use springande instead of a regular verb form like springer?
Springande is the present participle of springa (to run). Just like in English ('came running'), Swedish often uses a verb of motion like komma (to come) followed by a present participle (which ends in -ande or -ende) to describe the manner in which someone moved.
Why is the word for 'printed' spelled tryckta with an -a at the end?
In this sentence, the past participle of trycka (to print) acts as an adjective describing the pictures. Because it is used with a plural definite noun group (de ... bilderna), it must take the plural/definite adjective ending, which is -a.
Why do we use both de and the -erna ending on bilderna?
This is a great reminder of the Swedish 'double definite' rule. Whenever you add an adjective (in this case, the adjective-like participle tryckta) to a definite noun, you must use a standalone article (de for plural) and also keep the definite ending on the noun itself (bilderna).
I see de tryckta bilderna. Is de pronounced the way it is spelled here?
No, in everyday spoken Swedish, the plural article de is almost always pronounced dom. You will typically only hear it pronounced as 'de' in very formal situations or sometimes when reading aloud.
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