Alla kan bidra till resultatet.

In this sentence, alla means everyone or all people.

Grammatically, it refers to more than one person in meaning, but Swedish verbs do not change form for singular and plural the way English verbs sometimes do. So you simply say:

• Alla kan ... = Everyone can ...
• Jag kan ... = I can ...
• Vi kan ... = We can ...

The verb kan stays the same.

Also note that alla can mean different things depending on context:

• alla = everyone / all
• alla människor = all people
• alla böcker = all books

Here, on its own, it most naturally means everyone.

Because after modal verbs in Swedish, you normally use the bare infinitive — that is, the infinitive without att.

So:

• kan bidra = can contribute
• vill bidra = want to contribute
• måste bidra = must contribute
• ska bidra = will / shall contribute

This works much like English:

• can contribute, not can to contribute

So kan bidra is exactly the normal structure.

Bidra is the infinitive form of the verb, meaning to contribute.

Because it comes after the modal verb kan, it stays in the infinitive:

• att bidra = to contribute
• kan bidra = can contribute

Some useful forms are:

• bidra = infinitive
• bidrar = present tense
• bidrog = past tense
• bidragit = supine / past participle-related form used with har

Examples:

• Hon bidrar till projektet. = She contributes to the project.
• Hon bidrog till projektet. = She contributed to the project.
• Hon har bidragit till projektet. = She has contributed to the project.

Because bidra till is the normal Swedish pattern for contribute to when you mean helping cause or produce a result.

So:

• bidra till resultatet = contribute to the result
• bidra till en lösning = contribute to a solution
• bidra till förändring = contribute to change

A very useful contrast is:

• bidra till något = contribute to something, help bring it about
• bidra med något = contribute with something, provide something

For example:

• Alla kan bidra till resultatet. = Everyone can contribute to the result.
• Alla kan bidra med idéer. = Everyone can contribute ideas.

So till is used here because the sentence focuses on the result/outcome, not on the thing being provided.

Because -et is the definite ending for this noun.

Swedish often adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word before it.

• ett resultat = a result
• resultatet = the result

So in this sentence:

• till resultatet = to the result

Resultat is an ett-word (a neuter noun), which is why the definite form is -et.

Compare:

• ett hus = a house
• huset = the house
• ett resultat = a result
• resultatet = the result

Not always. Depending on context, resultatet can also mean:

• the outcome
• the end result
• the result produced

In English, contribute to the outcome may sometimes sound more natural than contribute to the result, depending on the situation.

So while resultatet literally is the result, the most natural English translation can vary with context.

The structure is:

• Alla = subject
• kan = finite verb
• bidra = infinitive
• till resultatet = prepositional phrase

So the pattern is:

Subject + finite verb + infinitive + prepositional phrase

This is a very common Swedish sentence pattern.

Because this is a main clause, the finite verb kan comes in the normal second position:

• Alla kan bidra till resultatet.

If you move something else to the front, Swedish still keeps the finite verb in second position:

• Till resultatet kan alla bidra.

That word order is more marked or stylistic, but it shows the same V2 pattern.

Usually not by itself in this sentence.

In English, all can contribute to the result sounds incomplete or unnatural unless the group has already been clearly defined. English normally wants:

• everyone can contribute
• all of them can contribute
• all people can contribute

So although alla can correspond to all, the best natural translation here is usually everyone.

A simple approximate pronunciation for an English speaker is:

AHL-la kan bee-DRAH til reh-sool-TAH-tet

A few notes:

• alla: the ll is a real doubled consonant, so the l sound is held a little longer than in English
• bidra: stress is on the second part, -dra
• till: short and crisp
• resultatet: the main stress is on ta

You do not need perfect pronunciation right away, but it helps to hear that Swedish rhythm is often very clear and regular.

Yes, but it means something slightly different.

• Alla kan bidra till resultatet. = Everyone can contribute to the result.
  This expresses possibility, ability, or potential.

• Alla bidrar till resultatet. = Everyone contributes to the result.
  This sounds more like a statement of fact.

So the original sentence is not saying that everyone definitely does contribute — only that they are able to or have the possibility to.

Often yes, but not always exactly.

Swedish bidra is very commonly used in formal, neutral, and everyday contexts, much like contribute in English. But Swedish often makes an explicit distinction between:

• bidra till = contribute to an effect or result
• bidra med = contribute with / provide something

Examples:

• Det bidrar till problemet. = That contributes to the problem.
• Hon bidrar med erfarenhet. = She contributes experience.

So the verb is similar to English contribute, but the choice of preposition is especially important in Swedish.