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"Artistens vakter springer efter kvinnan."
Translation:The artist's guards run after the woman.
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3 years ago8 Comments
clayKaboom
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Is "bodyguard" the same as "guard" in this case? - Because I unsuccessfully tried that :)
Arnauti
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The guards 'belong' to the artist, that is what the genitive 's shows in English, and in Swedish, the s ending. One way to see this is that you can rewrite the expression to say The artist has guards or Artisten har vakter but not the other way around.
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Oh, what has she done though? Did she steal a painting or something? Spill some of that artistic tea, Duo!
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Why not "The performer's guards run after the woman"? We have established that in Swedish, artist means a performing artist and not, for example, a fine artist.