Breakdown of Ni stirrar er blinda på de allra dyraste ostbrickorna.
ni
you (plural, subject)
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
er
you (plural, object)
dyr
expensive
de
the (plural, before adjective)
allra
the very
stirra
to stare
blind
blind
ostbrickan
the cheese board
Questions & Answers about Ni stirrar er blinda på de allra dyraste ostbrickorna.
Why is the adjective blinda in the plural form here?
In this resultative construction, the adjective describes the final state of the subject after the action. Since the subject ni is plural, both the reflexive pronoun er and the predicative adjective blinda must agree with it in number. You are literally 'staring yourselves blind.'
Is stirrar sig blind a common expression or just a literal description?
It is a very common idiom! While it is a perfect example of a resultative reflexive phrase, att stirra sig blind på något is almost always used figuratively. It means to focus so heavily on one specific detail that you lose sight of the bigger picture.
How does the word allra work with dyraste?
Allra is an intensifier used exclusively with superlative adjectives to mean 'the very' or 'of all'. Here, de allra dyraste emphasizes that these aren't just the most expensive cheese boards, they are the absolute most expensive ones available.
Why do we use the freestanding definite article de alongside the definite noun ending -orna in de allra dyraste ostbrickorna?
This is a great refresher on the Swedish 'double definite' rule. When a definite noun is modified by an adjective, you must use the freestanding article (de for plurals), the adjective's definite form (which includes superlatives like dyraste), and the definite suffix attached to the noun itself (-orna).
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