Word
Nätverket är långsamt, så teknikern startar om det.
Meaning
The network is slow, so the technician restarts it.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Nätverket är långsamt, så teknikern startar om det.
vara
to be
det
it (neuter)
långsam
slow
så
so
Questions & Answers about Nätverket är långsamt, så teknikern startar om det.
Why does the pronoun det come after the particle om instead of before it?
In Swedish, particle verbs stay tightly together. Unlike in English, where you can split a verb and its particle (like "start it up"), the Swedish object pronoun strictly follows the particle. Therefore, you must say startar om det and never startar det om.
Which word gets the spoken stress in the phrase startar om det?
In Swedish particle verbs, the stress always falls heavily on the particle rather than the verb itself. You should emphasize om, making it sound like startar OM det.
Why is there a -t at the end of långsamt?
The adjective describes Nätverket. Because nätverk is an ett word (neuter noun), the base adjective långsam must take the neuter -t ending to become långsamt.
Why is the definite form of tekniker just teknikern and not teknikeren?
For en words ending in -er (which are often professions), the definite suffix drops the extra vowel so it is easier to say. You simply add -n to the end, giving us teknikern.