Word
Den som läst trollformeln känner magin.
Meaning
The one who has read the spell feels the magic.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Den som läst trollformeln känner magin.
läsa
to read
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
känna
to feel (sensation, emotion)
den
the one (who)
Questions & Answers about Den som läst trollformeln känner magin.
Why is it den som here instead of a pronoun like han som?
Den som is the standard Swedish phrasing for 'the one who' or 'whoever' when referring to a general, unspecified person. Using a pronoun like han som (he who) would sound like you are referring to a specific man you have already mentioned.
Where is the auxiliary verb har before läst?
It is perfectly correct to say har läst, and that is what you will usually hear in spoken Swedish. However, in written Swedish, it is a very common stylistic choice to drop the auxiliary verb har (or hade) inside subordinate clauses, such as those starting with som.
How does the noun trollformel become trollformeln in the definite form?
Why is känner used for 'feels' here instead of mår or känner sig?