Breakdown of En gigantisk våg med en höjd på 5 meter nådde båten.
en
a, an (common)
båten
the boat
med
with
nå
to reach
vågen
the wave
metern
the meter
höjden
the altitude / the height
på
of (specifying measurement)
gigantisk
gigantic
Questions & Answers about En gigantisk våg med en höjd på 5 meter nådde båten.
Why is på used here to mean 'of' in 'of 5 meters'?
In Swedish, på is the standard preposition used to specify exact measurements, ages, prices, or capacities after a noun. When describing the specific size of something, like en höjd (a height), you connect the number to the noun using på, not av.
Why doesn't the word meter have a plural ending after the number 5?
Common units of measurement, such as meter, liter, and mil, typically do not take a plural ending when they come directly after a number. Therefore, it remains 5 meter rather than taking a plural suffix.
Could I express the height without using the noun höjd and the preposition på?
Yes, you could use an adjective phrase instead. You could say en 5 meter hög våg (a 5-meter-high wave). The structure med en höjd på 5 meter is simply a slightly more descriptive way to present the same information.
What conjugation group does nådde belong to, and why does it end in -dde?
The infinitive is att nå (to reach). Because the root ends in a stressed vowel other than -a, it belongs to the third conjugation group. Verbs in this group form their past tense by adding the suffix -dde, which gives us nådde.
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