Breakdown of Monarken måste krönas innan hon kan bestiga tronen.
hon
she
kunna
to be able to, can
måste
to have to, must
innan
before
bestiga
to ascend
monarken
the monarch
kröna
to crown
tronen
the throne
Questions & Answers about Monarken måste krönas innan hon kan bestiga tronen.
Since this lesson is about denne and denna, could we use denna instead of hon here?
Yes. In formal written Swedish, denna (this one/the latter) is often used as an independent pronoun to refer back to a recently mentioned person. It sounds very formal and objective. You could write: Monarken måste krönas innan denna kan bestiga tronen.
Why does the sentence use hon instead of den, since monarken is an en-word?
How does the verb bestiga work here?
It means 'to climb' or 'to ascend'. It comes from stiga (to step or rise) combined with the prefix be-, which makes it a transitive verb that can take a direct object. Bestiga tronen is the standard formal phrase for 'to ascend the throne', similar to bestiga ett berg (to climb a mountain).
Why is there an -s at the end of krönas?
This is the s-passive form. The active verb att kröna means 'to crown', so adding the -s creates att krönas (to be crowned). Because it follows the modal verb måste (must), it remains in the infinitive passive form.
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