Breakdown of Du kan doppa degknytet i marinaden.
du
you (singular)
i
in
kunna
to be able to, can
doppa
to dip
degknytet
the dumpling
marinaden
the marinade
Questions & Answers about Du kan doppa degknytet i marinaden.
The word degknytet translates to 'the dumpling'. What are the parts of this compound word?
It is made of deg (dough) and knytet (the bundle). The word knyte comes from the verb knyta (to tie), so a dumpling is literally a 'dough bundle'! Since knyte is an ett word, the definite compound form takes the suffix -t to become degknytet.
If I wanted to say 'You can dip a kind of dumpling...', how would I apply the determiners from this lesson?
You could say Du kan doppa ett slags degknyte... or Du kan doppa en sorts degknyte.... Remember that ett slags and en sorts are fixed phrases. Even though degknyte is an ett word, you still use en sorts if you choose the word sort. The article en agrees with the word sort, not with the noun that follows it!
Why is the preposition i used here for 'in the marinade'?
Just like in English, i (in/into) is the standard preposition when dipping something into a liquid. You might also hear native speakers use the particle verb doppa ner i (dip down into) to make the physical action sound a bit more vivid.
As a quick refresher, why is the verb doppa not in the present tense (doppar)?
Because it directly follows the modal verb kan (can). In Swedish, modal verbs are always followed by the bare infinitive form of the next verb. This means you drop the present tense -r and you do not use the infinitive marker att.
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