Word
Är den tidsödande expeditionen verkligen skräckinjagande?
Meaning
Is the time-consuming expedition really terrifying?
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Är den tidsödande expeditionen verkligen skräckinjagande?
vara
to be
den
the (with en-words)
verkligen
really
expeditionen
the expedition
Questions & Answers about Är den tidsödande expeditionen verkligen skräckinjagande?
Let's look closely at the components of tidsödande. Why is there an -s- in the middle?
Tidsödande is a compound adjective made from the noun tid (time) and the present participle ödande (wasting/consuming, from the verb öda). The -s- is a linking consonant that frequently appears to glue the words together when a noun is the first part of a compound.
How exactly does the verb part of skräckinjagande work, considering it comes from a two-word phrase?
It comes from the noun skräck (terror) and the phrasal verb jaga in (to drive in or instill). When a phrasal verb is turned into a present participle, the particle (in) attaches directly to the front of the verb part, creating injagande.
The phrase is den tidsödande expeditionen. Why doesn't tidsödande get an extra -a at the end for the definite form?
Because it is formed from a present participle (ending in -ande). Unlike regular adjectives which take an -a in the definite form, present participles are completely indeclinable in Swedish. They keep the exact same form whether the noun is singular, plural, definite, or indefinite. This also applies to skräckinjagande.
Just as a quick refresher, why do we need both den and the -en ending on expeditionen here?