Breakdown of Det finns ju faktiskt inga sega karameller här i godisbutiken.
här
here
i
in
det finns
there is, there are
inga
no (plural)
ju
as you know / of course
faktiskt
actually (as a matter of fact, in fact)
godisbutiken
the candy shop
seg
chewy
karamellen
the hard candy
Questions & Answers about Det finns ju faktiskt inga sega karameller här i godisbutiken.
Why are ju and faktiskt placed in this specific order after the verb?
When multiple sentence adverbs share the midfield (the space right after the verb in a main clause), shorter and more subjective adverbs like ju usually come before heavier, more factual ones like faktiskt.
Could I use inte några instead of inga, and where would the inte go?
Why is the adjective sega in the plural form if there are zero candies?
In Swedish, the negating word inga is treated as a plural article when modifying a plural count noun like karameller. Because the noun is grammatically plural, the adjective must take the plural ending -a to match it, becoming sega.
What exactly does ju add to this sentence?
The word ju signals that the speaker expects the listener to agree with or already know the information. Here, it gives a conversational tone of shared observation, like saying as you can see or as you know regarding the lack of chewy candies.
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