Breakdown of Kunden skrek hysteriskt i provhytten vid strömavbrottet.
i
in
kunden
the customer
vid
at, by
skrika
to scream
strömavbrottet
the power outage
hysteriskt
hysterically
provhytten
the fitting room
Questions & Answers about Kunden skrek hysteriskt i provhytten vid strömavbrottet.
Why is the order hysteriskt i provhytten vid strömavbrottet instead of putting the time or place first?
This is the classic Sätt-Rum-Tid (Manner-Place-Time) rule in action. When stacking adverbials at the end of a Swedish sentence, you generally state how something happened (hysteriskt), then where (i provhytten), and finally when (vid strömavbrottet).
Why does hysteriskt end with a -t here?
It is acting as an adverb of manner describing how the customer screamed. In Swedish, you usually create this kind of adverb by taking the basic adjective (hysterisk) and adding a -t to the end, much like adding '-ly' in English.
Could I use under instead of vid for the power outage?
Yes, under strömavbrottet works and means 'during the power outage'. However, vid is very common for events and implies 'at the time of' or 'upon' the event happening. It connects the start of the screaming directly to the sudden moment the lights went out.
Why does strömavbrottet get an -et ending?
It is a compound word made of ström (power/current) and avbrott (interruption). The final word in a Swedish compound always dictates its gender. Since it is ett avbrott, the definite form takes the -et ending to become strömavbrottet (the power outage).
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