Breakdown of Tycker du om den bortrakade luggen?
du
you (singular)
tycka om
to like
den
the (with en-words)
luggen
the fringe
bortrakad
shaved off
Questions & Answers about Tycker du om den bortrakade luggen?
Why is bort attached to the front of rakade here?
When a phrasal verb like raka bort (to shave off) becomes a past participle used as an adjective, the particle must be attached as a prefix. You cannot leave them separate; it must be den bortrakade luggen.
This sentence has two phrasal verbs (tycka om and raka bort). Why is om separate while bort is attached?
Tycker is functioning as a regular conjugated verb, so its particle (om) stays separate. However, bortrakade is a participle acting as an adjective, which strictly requires the particle (bort) to become a prefix.
Why does the adjective bortrakade end in -e instead of the usual definite -a?
Past participles that end in -ad in their basic form (like bortrakad) always take an -e ending in the plural and definite forms. Because we are using the definite article den, it becomes den bortrakade.
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