Learn Swedish: Skomakaren sydde remmen på väskan i morse. - The cobbler sewed the strap of the bag this morning.

In Swedish, inanimate part-whole possession—where a physical part is attached to a larger object—is typically expressed with på. We say remmen på väskan (the strap on/of the bag) just like we say taket på huset (the roof of the house). The -s genitive is mostly reserved for people, animals, countries, or organizations.

Why does the sentence use i morse for "this morning" instead of a phrase containing morgon?

i morse is a fixed time expression specifically used to mean "this past morning." Because the cobbler already sewed the strap (sydde is in the past tense), you must use i morse. If the action were happening tomorrow morning, you would use i morgon bitti.

Why is there a double 'm' in remmen?

The base word is rem (strap), which has a short 'e' vowel sound. To keep that vowel sound short when adding the definite suffix -en, Swedish spelling rules require doubling the final consonant. If it were spelled remen, the 'e' would be pronounced as a long vowel.

The word for cobbler is skomakare. Why is the definite form skomakaren and not skomakareen?