Word
Vilka romerska museer letar du efter?
Meaning
Which Roman museums are you looking for?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Vilka romerska museer letar du efter?
du
you (singular)
vilken
which (en) / what a (en-word, exclamatory)
museet
the museum
leta efter
to look for (physical items, everyday)
Questions & Answers about Vilka romerska museer letar du efter?
Why is the plural of museum formed as museer instead of getting a normal ett word ending?
Museum is a neuter (ett) loanword from Latin that ends in -um. In Swedish, these specific types of words drop the -um and add -er to form the plural. So, ett museum becomes flera museer (several museums).
Why does the word efter go at the very end of the sentence?
Leta efter (to look for) is a phrasal verb. Because Vilka romerska museer is the object being asked about and is moved to the front of the question, the verb letar takes the second position and the subject du takes the third. The particle efter is left dangling at the end. This is very similar to English, where we end the sentence with 'for'.
Why is the adjective romerska used instead of romerskt?
Adjectives must agree with the noun they describe. Since museer is plural, the adjective takes the standard plural -a ending, making it romerska. You would only use romerskt for a singular ett word, like ett romerskt museum.
Why do we use Vilka at the start of the sentence instead of Vilket?