Breakdown of Ett sådant grått hus finns i staden idag.
ett
a, an (neuter)
huset
the house
idag
today
i
in
staden
the city
sådan
such, such a (sådant, sådana)
grå
grey
finnas
to exist, to be there
Questions & Answers about Ett sådant grått hus finns i staden idag.
Why does grått have two T's at the end?
The base word for "grey" is grå, which ends in a stressed vowel. When an adjective ending in a stressed vowel describes a neuter noun like ett hus, it gets a double -tt ending instead of just a single -t.
Why use sådant instead of så here?
Sådant translates to "such" or "that kind of" and acts like an adjective here, agreeing with the neuter noun hus. If you used så ("so"), it would describe the adjective instead, making Ett så grått hus, which means "A house that is so grey."
Why is finns used here instead of är for "is"?
While you could technically use är, finns (literally "is found") is the most natural way in Swedish to express that a building or object "exists" or "is located" somewhere.
Will Swedish speakers actually say staden in everyday conversation?
Usually, no. In spoken Swedish, staden (the city) is almost always shortened to stan. Even when reading this sentence out loud, many natives would naturally say i stan.
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