Word
Chefen måste delegera mer ansvar.
Meaning
The boss must delegate more responsibility.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Chefen måste delegera mer ansvar.
måste
must
mer
more
chefen
the boss
ansvaret
the responsibility
Questions & Answers about Chefen måste delegera mer ansvar.
What does chefen mean exactly, and why does it end in -en?
Chefen means the boss or the manager/chief, depending on context.
The base word is chef = boss / manager / chief.
The ending -en is the Swedish definite article, so:
- en chef = a boss
- chefen = the boss
Swedish usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word like the in front.
Why is it måste and not something like an infinitive form after chefen?
Because måste is the present tense of the verb måste/måsta? Actually, in modern Swedish you normally learn it as part of the modal verb måste = must / has to.
In this sentence, chefen is the subject, so the finite verb comes next:
- Chefen måste ... = The boss must ...
Swedish main clauses usually follow V2 word order, which means the finite verb is in the second position. Here the first element is Chefen, so the verb måste comes right after it.
Is måste a modal verb, and does that affect the next verb?