Breakdown of Tatueraren du rekommenderar är känd för sina konturer.
vara
to be
du
you (singular)
sin
his/her/its/their own (en-word)
rekommendera
to recommend
känd för
known for
tatueraren
the tattoo artist
konturen
the outline
Questions & Answers about Tatueraren du rekommenderar är känd för sina konturer.
Why can we drop the word som (that/who) in this sentence?
The full phrase would be Tatueraren som du rekommenderar (The tattoo artist that you recommend). You can omit som here because it acts as the object of the relative clause. The subject of the clause is du (you). If som were the subject of its clause, you wouldn't be able to drop it.
Why use sina instead of hans (his) or hennes (her)?
sina is a reflexive possessive pronoun, which means it reflects back to the subject of the clause, which is Tatueraren in this case. It tells us the tattoo artist is famous for their own outlines. If you used hans, it would grammatically mean the artist is famous for some other guy's outlines. We use the plural form sina because the possessed noun, konturer (outlines), is plural.
How is the definite form Tatueraren built?
It comes from the profession noun en tatuerare (a tattoo artist). For nouns ending in the suffix -are, we drop the final -e before adding the definite ending -en. So it neatly becomes tatueraren, rather than having a double-e like "tatuerareen".
Is känd working as an adjective or a verb here?
It functions as an adjective here, meaning "famous" or "known". Because it's an adjective, it has to agree with the subject. Since Tatueraren is a singular en-word, we use känd. If the subject were plural, it would become kända. It is paired with the preposition för to express what someone is famous for.
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