No. 2,009 in Swedish
tomma
"Tomma" means "empty" in English.
In a sentence
Kan du tomma glaset innan du fyller det med vatten?
Can you empty the glass before filling it with water?
Here, 'tomma' is used as a verb meaning 'to empty' indicating the action of making something empty.
Rummet verkade tomma och ensamt utan någon där.
The room seemed empty and lonely with no one there.
In this sentence, 'tomma' is an adjective meaning 'empty,' describing the state of the room.
Vi hittade flera tomma papplådor i garaget.
We found several empty cardboard boxes in the garage.
Here, 'tomma' is an adjective meaning 'empty,' characteristic of the cardboard boxes being free of contents.
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