Word
Bilarna är våra.
Meaning
The cars are ours.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Bilarna är våra.
How do we build the word bilarna?
Bilarna is the definite plural ("the cars") of the en-word bil (car). First you make it plural by adding -ar to get bilar (cars), and then you make it definite by adding -na to the end to get bilarna (the cars).
Why is it våra and not vår?
Possessive words in Swedish must change to match the noun they describe. Because bilarna is plural, we have to use the plural form våra. If we were talking about just one car, it would be Bilen är vår.
Is there a difference in Swedish between "our" and "ours"?
No, Swedish uses the exact same word for both! In English we say "our cars" but "the cars are ours". In Swedish, you use våra in both cases: våra bilar (our cars) and Bilarna är våra (The cars are ours).