Breakdown of Suddade du ut konsonanten vågrätt innan du slog upp ordet?
du
you (singular)
innan
before
ordet
the word
vågrätt
horizontally
konsonanten
the consonant
sudda ut
to erase
slå upp
to look up
Questions & Answers about Suddade du ut konsonanten vågrätt innan du slog upp ordet?
Why is the past tense of slå spelled as slog, and what vowel gradation pattern does it follow?
Slå is a Group 4 strong verb. Its vowel changes (Ablaut) follow the pattern å - o - a, giving us the principal parts slå (infinitive), slog (past), and slagit (supine). At this level, you will see this same a/å - o - a pattern in verbs like ta (tog, tagit) and dra (drog, dragit).
I know slå usually means to hit or strike, so how does slog upp mean looked up?
Slå upp is a phrasal verb that means to open a book or look something up in a dictionary or reference work. Like most Swedish phrasal verbs, the spoken stress falls heavily on the particle (upp) rather than the verb (slog).
Is sudda ut also a phrasal verb, and what does the ut add?
Yes! Sudda alone means to smudge or dab, but the phrasal verb sudda ut specifically means to erase or rub out completely. Just like with slå upp, remember to put the emphasis on the particle ut when speaking.
How is the adverb vågrätt formed?
It is built from a compound of våg (wave) and rätt (the adverb form of rät, meaning straight). A straight line matching the waves on water is horizontal! Its opposite is lodrätt (vertical), coming from lod (a plumb bob weight).
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