Breakdown of De får en poäng vardera efter matchen.
en
a, an (common)
de
they
efter
after
matchen
the match
få
to get, receive
vardera
each (of two)
poängen
the point
Questions & Answers about De får en poäng vardera efter matchen.
The lesson says vardera means "each of two". Does this sentence imply there are exactly two people or teams?
Not necessarily. While vardera historically means "each of two" and still strongly implies a pair when used directly before a noun (like vardera laget for "each of the two teams"), when it follows a quantity like en poäng vardera ("one point apiece"), it is often used for any number of recipients in modern Swedish.
Why is vardera placed after en poäng instead of before it?
Because it acts as a distributive word here, meaning "apiece" or "to each person/team". In Swedish, this "apiece" marker always comes after the quantity. If you put it before the noun (vardera poäng), it would mean "each point" (as in "each point is important"), which completely changes the meaning.
Could I use var instead of vardera in this sentence?
Yes, you could perfectly well say De får en poäng var. When placed after a quantity to mean "each" or "apiece", var and vardera are interchangeable. Vardera just sounds slightly more formal.
I've sometimes seen poäng treated as an ett-word. Why is it en poäng here?
Poäng is a bit of a chameleon. When talking about a score in a game, sport, or test, native speakers use both the en-word form (en poäng) and the ett-word form (ett poäng). However, when it means "the main idea" or "the punchline", it is strictly an en-word. Using en poäng as shown here is always safe and correct.
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