Word
Deras av stormen förstörda stuga är helt tom nu.
Meaning
Their cabin destroyed by the storm is completely empty now.
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Breakdown of Deras av stormen förstörda stuga är helt tom nu.
vara
to be
nu
now
deras
their
av
of, by / from (cause)
Questions & Answers about Deras av stormen förstörda stuga är helt tom nu.
Why is av stormen placed before förstörda instead of after the noun?
In written or formal Swedish, phrases that describe a participle (like av stormen describing förstörda) are placed immediately before that participle. This creates a complex pre-modifying attribute, meaning the entire block av stormen förstörda acts as one long adjective placed right before the noun stuga.
Why does förstörda end in -a here when stuga is a singular word?
The possessive pronoun deras triggers the definite form for any adjectives or participles that follow it. For past participles acting as adjectives, the definite ending is -a, which is why we use förstörda instead of the basic singular form förstörd.
Why is the noun stuga in its bare form if we are talking about a specific cabin?
Possessive words like deras make the entire noun phrase definite in meaning, but they require the noun itself to stay in its indefinite form. This is why it is deras ... stuga rather than stugan.
How would a Swedish speaker normally express this in everyday conversation?