Word
En barnaktig design valdes till den nya leksaken.
Meaning
A childish design was chosen for the new toy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of En barnaktig design valdes till den nya leksaken.
en
a, an (common)
till
for (to go with)
välja
to choose
ny
new
Questions & Answers about En barnaktig design valdes till den nya leksaken.
How does the suffix -aktig work in the word barnaktig?
The suffix -aktig is used to create adjectives that mean resembling or having the characteristics of a noun. By attaching it to barn (child), we get barnaktig (childish).
Why is the verb valdes used here instead of valde?
valdes is the s-passive past tense. The active past tense of välja (to choose) is valde (chose). Adding the passive -s to the end changes the meaning to was chosen.
Why use till here instead of för to mean for?
till is used here because it shows the destination or recipient of the action. The design is being applied to or designated to the toy, which makes till the natural preposition for this type of relationship in Swedish.
In the phrase den nya leksaken, why does ny end with an -a?
This is the Swedish double definite construction. Because we are saying the new toy using the free-standing definite article den alongside the definite noun leksaken, the adjective between them must take its definite form, which is nya.