Breakdown of Vi tillsätter löpet i den opastöriserade mjölken.
vi
we
i
in
mjölken
the milk
den
the (with en-words)
tillsätta
to add
opastöriserad
unpasteurized
löpet
the rennet
Questions & Answers about Vi tillsätter löpet i den opastöriserade mjölken.
Why does this sentence use i instead of till for adding the rennet "to" the milk?
When adding an ingredient into a mixture or liquid so that it blends in, Swedish typically uses i (in). You are physically putting the rennet into the milk. If you were appending an item to a list or adding to a collection, you would use till instead.
Is tillsätter a separable verb? Could I say Vi sätter till löpet?
Yes, tillsätta and the particle verb sätta till mean the same thing here. However, the inseparable compound verb tillsätta is the standard, slightly more formal choice generally used in recipes, instructions, and scientific contexts.
Why does "the rennet" translate to löpet rather than löpen?
Rennet is an ett-word in Swedish: ett löpe. To make an ett-word that already ends in a vowel definite, you simply add -t, resulting in löpet.
Why does opastöriserade have an -e at the end?
Opastöriserad (unpasteurized) is a past participle functioning as an adjective. Because it is part of a definite noun phrase (signaled by den and the definite noun mjölken), it must take the definite adjective ending. For adjectives and participles ending in -ad, this ending is -e, making it opastöriserade.
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