Breakdown of Båda var hungriga och ville ha hembakade kakor.
vara
to be
och
and
kakan
the cake
ha
to have
vilja
to want to
hungrig
hungry
båda
both (pronoun, e.g. both of them)
hembakad
home-baked
Questions & Answers about Båda var hungriga och ville ha hembakade kakor.
How is the compound adjective hembakade formed here?
It combines the noun hem (home) with the past participle of the verb baka (to bake). Because it describes a plural noun (kakor), the past participle bakad takes its plural form, becoming hembakade.
Don't plural adjectives usually end in "-a"? Why does hembakade end in "-e"?
Regular adjectives usually take -a in the plural, but adjectives formed from past participles ending in -ad (like bakad) follow a special rule. They always take -e in the plural to become -ade, avoiding the awkward sound of an "-ada" ending.
Why does the sentence use båda instead of både?
Båda is a pronoun meaning "both of them" or "the two", which acts as the subject here. You only use både when it is part of the conjunction phrase både... och... meaning "both [this] and [that]".
Why does the sentence say ville ha instead of just ville?
In Swedish, you cannot just use vill or ville directly before a noun. If you want a physical object, you must use vill ha (literally "want to have"). You only use vill on its own when it is followed by another verb, like if they wanted to bake (ville baka).
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