Word
Möglet på den där skärbrädan är faktiskt hälsofarligt.
Meaning
The mold on that cutting board is actually hazardous to health.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Möglet på den där skärbrädan är faktiskt hälsofarligt.
vara
to be
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
den där
that (en)
faktiskt
actually (as a matter of fact, in fact)
Questions & Answers about Möglet på den där skärbrädan är faktiskt hälsofarligt.
Why does the spelling change from mögel to möglet?
Nouns ending in an unstressed -el, -er, or -en often drop that last vowel when a suffix is added. Since mögel (mold) is an ett-word, adding the definite -et suffix shrinks the word to möglet.
Why is skärbrädan in the definite form when the English translation just says "that cutting board"?
In Swedish, demonstrative phrases using den där (that) and den här (this) require the following noun to also be in its definite form. You are grammatically saying "that the cutting board".
Where does the 'o' in hälsofarligt come from?
It is a linking vowel. The word is a compound of hälsa (health) and farlig (dangerous). When a noun ends in -a, that letter frequently changes to an -o- to connect it smoothly to the next part of a compound word.
Why is there a -t at the end of hälsofarligt?
The adjective must agree with the noun it describes, even when placed after the verb är. Because it is describing möglet (an ett-word), the adjective takes the neuter -t ending.