Breakdown of Jag vill beställa ett glas kall juice och en flaska alkoholfritt vin.
jag
I
ett
a, an (neuter)
en
a, an (common)
och
and
kall
cold
vilja
to want to
glaset
the glass
vinet
the wine
beställa
to order
flaskan
the bottle
juicen
the juice
alkoholfri
alcohol-free
Questions & Answers about Jag vill beställa ett glas kall juice och en flaska alkoholfritt vin.
Why is it kall juice instead of kallt juice when the phrase starts with ett glas?
In Swedish, when you have a container and a substance (like a glass of juice), any adjective describing the substance agrees with the substance itself, not the container! Since juice is an en word (en juice), the adjective is just kall. It completely ignores the ett from ett glas.
So does that explain why it is alkoholfritt vin after en flaska?
Exactly! Here we have the opposite situation. The container is an en word (en flaska) but the substance is an ett word (ett vin). Because the adjective describes the wine, it must take the ett word ending -t, becoming alkoholfritt.
Why isn't there a word for "of" in ett glas kall juice or en flaska alkoholfritt vin?
When expressing quantities or measurements in Swedish, you generally don't use a preposition like "of" (av). You simply place the measurement and the substance directly next to each other. Literally, the Swedish sentence translates to "a glass cold juice" and "a bottle alcohol-free wine".
Why is the verb beställa in the infinitive form instead of the present tense beställer?
Because it directly follows vill, which is a modal verb (meaning "want" or "want to"). When you stack verbs together like this, the second verb always stays in its infinitive (dictionary) form, just like in English when you say "I want to order".
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