Breakdown of Vems madrass är lika smutsig som min?
vara
to be
min
my (min/mitt/mina)
smutsig
dirty
lika
equally / as
som
as (in comparisons)
vems
whose (question word)
madrassen
the mattress
Questions & Answers about Vems madrass är lika smutsig som min?
Why is it madrass and not the definite form madrassen after vems?
After genitive (possessive) words like vems (whose) or a name ending in -s, the following noun must always be in the indefinite form. Even though we are talking about a specific mattress, we say vems madrass, never vems madrassen.
Does the verb är follow the V2 (verb-second) rule here?
Yes! In Swedish main clauses, the verb must be in the second position. Here, the entire question phrase Vems madrass counts as the first block of information (the subject). Therefore, the verb är comes immediately after it to take the second slot.
How do we form the 'as dirty as' comparison in Swedish?
Why is the final word min and not mitt?
Here, min (mine) acts as a standalone possessive pronoun, replacing the phrase 'my mattress'. Because the omitted noun is en madrass (an en-word), the pronoun must take the en-word form min rather than the ett-word form mitt.
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