Breakdown of Kunden vill ha ett glas kall juice och en tallrik varmt bröd.
ett
a, an (neuter)
en
a, an (common)
och
and
varm
warm
kall
cold
ha
to have
vilja
to want to
glaset
the glass
tallriken
the plate
kunden
the customer
brödet
the bread
juicen
the juice
Questions & Answers about Kunden vill ha ett glas kall juice och en tallrik varmt bröd.
Why is it kall and not kallt after ett glas?
In Swedish, when you have a measure word (like ett glas) followed by a substance (like juice), the adjective describes the substance, not the container. Since juice is an en-word, the adjective takes the en-form kall, even though ett glas is an ett-word.
Then why is it varmt after en tallrik?
This is the exact same rule in reverse! The adjective describes the substance (bröd), not the measure container (en tallrik). Because bröd is an ett-word, the adjective must take the ett-form varmt.
Why is there no word for 'of' in ett glas kall juice?
In English we say 'a glass of juice', but Swedish doesn't use a preposition here. You just put the measure noun and the substance noun directly next to each other, forming phrases like ett glas juice or en tallrik bröd.
Why does the sentence say vill ha instead of just vill?
In Swedish, the verb vill (wants to) almost always needs another verb after it. When you want a physical object, you must say vill ha (wants to have). Saying Kunden vill ett glas would sound incomplete to a Swedish speaker, somewhat like saying 'The customer wants to a glass' in English.
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