Breakdown of Konceptet är nytt, men köttet är lite rått.
vara
to be
köttet
the meat
men
but
ny
new
lite
a little, a bit
konceptet
the concept
rå
raw
Questions & Answers about Konceptet är nytt, men köttet är lite rått.
Why do ny and rå get a double -tt at the end here?
Because they are describing the neuter nouns konceptet and köttet. When a Swedish adjective ends in a stressed long vowel, like ny (new) or rå (raw), it takes a double -tt in the neuter singular form to become nytt and rått.
Does adding -tt to ny and rå change how they are pronounced?
Yes! In the base forms ny and rå, the final vowel is long. When you add the double consonant -tt, that vowel becomes short. So the vowel sounds in nytt and rått are pronounced much faster and sharper than in their base forms.
Is rått the same word as the animal rat?
They can look confusingly similar, but no. The word rått here is simply the neuter form of the adjective rå (raw). The Swedish noun for a rat is an en-word, en råtta.
Since konceptet and köttet are in the definite form, shouldn't the adjectives take the definite -a ending?
No, because they come after the verb är (is) to describe the nouns. When adjectives are used this way, they only match the gender and number of the noun. They only take the definite -a ending when they come directly before a definite noun, like in det nya konceptet.
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