Vi förvarar maten rätt, och förvaringen påverkar hållbarheten.

Förvarar is the present tense of the verb förvara, which means to store or to keep.

So:

• förvara = to store
• förvarar = store / are storing

In Vi förvarar maten rätt, vi förvarar means we store.

Swedish present tense is often very simple compared with English: the verb does not change depending on the subject.

• jag förvarar = I store
• du förvarar = you store
• vi förvarar = we store

Maten is the definite form of mat.

• mat = food
• maten = the food

Swedish often uses the definite form where English might simply say food, especially when talking about food that is already understood from the context.

So:

• Vi förvarar maten rätt literally = We store the food correctly
• In natural English, this may simply be translated as We store food properly, depending on context.

The -en at the end is the definite article attached to the noun.

Here, rätt means correctly, properly, or the right way.

This is a very common Swedish word because it can mean several related things:

• rätt = right / correct
• ha rätt = be right
• göra rätt = do the right thing / do correctly
• förvara maten rätt = store the food properly

So in this sentence, rätt is functioning like an adverb, describing how the food is stored.

In Swedish, adverbs like rätt often come after the object in a simple main clause.

So:

• Vi förvarar maten rätt.

breaks down as:

• Vi = we
• förvarar = store
• maten = the food
• rätt = properly

This word order is very natural in Swedish.

A learner might expect something closer to English We correctly store the food, but Swedish normally prefers Vi förvarar maten rätt rather than putting rätt before the verb.

Förvaringen is a noun built from the verb förvara.

• förvara = to store
• förvaring = storage
• förvaringen = the storage

This is a very common pattern in Swedish:

• verb + -ing → noun

For example:

• parkera = to park
• parkering = parking

So in your sentence:

• förvaringen påverkar hållbarheten
• the storage affects the shelf life

Here förvaringen refers to the way something is stored, or the storage conditions.

Because it is in the definite singular form.

• en förvaring = a storage
• förvaringen = the storage

The noun förvaring is an en-word, so its definite singular ending is -en.

That gives:

• förvaring → förvaringen

In this sentence, Swedish uses the definite form because it refers to the storage in a specific sense: the storage method/conditions being discussed.

Hållbarheten means the shelf life, the durability, or how long something keeps.

The base noun is:

• hållbarhet = durability / shelf life / sustainability, depending on context

Here, because the sentence is about food storage, hållbarhet is best understood as shelf life.

So:

• hållbarheten = the shelf life

This comes from:

• hållbar = durable / sustainable / that keeps well
• -het = a suffix that makes an abstract noun, similar to English -ness in some cases

Swedish often uses the definite form for abstract nouns when talking about a specific quality in a particular situation.

So:

• hållbarhet = shelf life / durability in general
• hållbarheten = the shelf life, meaning the shelf life of the food being discussed

In this sentence, it refers to the specific shelf life affected by storage, so hållbarheten sounds natural.

This is one of those places where Swedish may use the where English sometimes would not.

The sentence contains two main clauses:

1. Vi förvarar maten rätt
2. förvaringen påverkar hållbarheten

They are joined by och, which means and.

So the structure is:

• We store the food properly, and the storage affects the shelf life.

This is just like English: two complete thoughts connected with and.

Each clause has its own subject and verb:

• Vi
  • förvarar
• förvaringen
  • påverkar

Påverkar is the present tense of påverka, which means to affect, to influence, or sometimes to have an impact on.

So:

• påverka = to affect
• påverkar = affects

In the sentence:

• förvaringen påverkar hållbarheten
• the storage affects the shelf life

This is a very common verb in Swedish and is often used much like English affect.

Yes. Förvaringen påverkar hållbarheten has standard Swedish main-clause word order:

• subject
  • verb
    • object

So:

• förvaringen = subject
• påverkar = verb
• hållbarheten = object

This is completely normal and very similar to English.

Yes, absolutely.

• Vi förvarar maten rätt = We store the food properly
• Vi förvarar maten på rätt sätt = We store the food in the right way

The version with rätt alone is shorter and very natural. The version with på rätt sätt is a bit more explicit.

Both are correct, but rätt is very common in everyday Swedish.

Yes. The comma here helps separate two full clauses:

• Vi förvarar maten rätt, och förvaringen påverkar hållbarheten.

In Swedish, commas before och are not always used the same way as in English, and many writers might also omit it in similar sentences. So the comma is not the main grammar point here.

The important thing for a learner is that:

• och joins the two parts
• both parts are complete clauses

So whether or not a comma appears, the structure and meaning stay the same.