Slarva inte med lösenordet; någon annan kan läsa det.

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Breakdown of Slarva inte med lösenordet; någon annan kan läsa det.

• kunna: be able to
• det: it
• inte: not

Questions & Answers about Slarva inte med lösenordet; någon annan kan läsa det.

What does slarva med mean here?

Slarva med is an idiomatic expression meaning to be careless with, to handle sloppily, or to neglect something.

So Slarva inte med lösenordet means something like:

• Don’t be careless with the password
• Don’t handle the password carelessly
• Don’t neglect password security

The verb slarva often suggests not taking something seriously enough.

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Why is it Slarva inte and not Inte slarva?

Because Slarva is in the imperative form, used for commands.

• Slarva! = Be careless!
• Slarva inte! = Don’t be careless!

In Swedish, when you make a negative command, inte usually comes after the imperative verb:

• Gå inte dit. = Don’t go there.
• Glöm inte. = Don’t forget.
• Slarva inte med lösenordet. = Don’t be careless with the password.

So Inte slarva would not be the normal way to give this command.

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Why is it lösenordet instead of just lösenord?