Questions & Answers about Kletig deg gillar jag inte, men den blir elastisk.
Why is the word order gillar jag inte instead of jag gillar inte?
The object Kletig deg (sticky dough) is placed at the front of the sentence for emphasis, a process called topicalization. Because Swedish is a strict V2 (verb-second) language, the verb gillar must take the second position, pushing the subject jag to the third position, followed by the negation inte.
How does this sentence relate to the rule for splitting ingen (the Ingen-regel)?
This sentence simply negates the verb with inte, but it serves as a great baseline. If you used normal word order to say 'I like no sticky dough,' it would be Jag gillar ingen kletig deg. If you were to add an auxiliary verb, the Ingen-regel would force a split into inte ... någon, making it Jag brukar inte gilla någon kletig deg (I usually do not like any sticky dough).
Why is den used instead of det for 'it'?
Den refers back to deg (dough), which is an en-word (en deg). Because of this, the adjective elastisk also stays in its basic en-word form, without taking the -t ending that an ett-word would require.
Is there a difference between kletig and other words for 'sticky' like klibbig?