Breakdown of Servitören som får dricksen serverar ett glas dyrt mousserande vin.
ett
a, an (neuter)
glaset
the glass
dyr
expensive
vinet
the wine
Questions & Answers about Servitören som får dricksen serverar ett glas dyrt mousserande vin.
Why is it dyrt with a -t? Does it agree with ett glas or vin?
In phrases with a unit of measurement (a glass) and a substance (wine), the adjective describes the substance. Here, dyrt gets a -t because it agrees with the ett-word vin. Although ett glas is also an ett-word, the rule is that the adjective matches the mass noun. For example, 'a bottle of expensive milk' would be en flaska dyr mjölk, where dyr matches the en-word mjölk.
Why is there no word for 'of' in ett glas dyrt mousserande vin?
Swedish does not use a preposition like 'of' between a measure word and the substance being measured. You simply place the noun phrase directly after the measure word, just like saying 'a glass expensive wine'.
Why doesn't mousserande get a -t to match the ett-word vin?
The word mousserande is a present participle, which often translates to English words ending in '-ing'. In Swedish, adjectives ending in -ande or -ende never change their form, regardless of the gender or number of the noun they describe.
Is dricksen plural here?
No, dricksen is the singular definite form ('the tip') of the noun dricks. It is an uncountable en-word. Even though it ends in an 's' which looks like an English plural, it is treated as a singular noun in Swedish.