Breakdown of Nationen ska öppna en ny ambassad här.
en
a, an (common)
här
here
ska
will
ny
new
öppna
to open
nationen
the nation
ambassaden
the embassy
Questions & Answers about Nationen ska öppna en ny ambassad här.
Why use ska instead of kommer att to say 'will open'?
Ska is used because this is a planned, intentional action. The nation has made a deliberate decision to open the embassy. You would use kommer att for future events that are just predictions or outside of anyone's direct control.
Why is it här and not hit in this sentence?
Här indicates a fixed location, while hit indicates movement towards a place. Even though a new building is being established, the action of opening it happens statically at this location, so we use här.
How do we know that nation is an en-word?
A very reliable rule in Swedish is that loanwords ending in -ion (like nation, station, and situation) are almost always en-words. That is why it takes the -en ending to become Nationen (The nation).
Why is the adjective ny instead of nytt?
Because ambassad is an en-word (en ambassad). The adjective must match the noun's gender, so it takes the base form ny. If it were describing an ett-word, it would become nytt.
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