Questions & Answers about Jag måste ta bort ogräset i dag.
What is the grammatical breakdown of Jag måste ta bort ogräset i dag?
A natural breakdown is:
- Jag = I
- måste = must / have to
- ta bort = remove / take away
- ogräset = the weeds / the weed growth
- i dag = today
So the structure is:
- subject: Jag
- finite verb: måste
- infinitive verb phrase: ta bort
- object: ogräset
- time expression: i dag
A very literal gloss would be something like:
I must take away the weeds today.
Why is there no att after måste?
Because måste is a modal verb, and in Swedish modal verbs are normally followed by the infinitive without att.
So you get:
- Jag måste ta bort ogräset
- Jag kan ta bort ogräset
- Jag vill ta bort ogräset
Not:
- Jag måste att ta bort ogräset
This is similar to English, where we say I must remove it, not I must to remove it.