Breakdown of Kravet för tjänsten är både svenska och engelska.
vara
to be
svenska
Swedish
och
and
för
for, to
både
both
engelska
English
kravet
the requirement
tjänsten
the position
Questions & Answers about Kravet för tjänsten är både svenska och engelska.
How do we use the både ... och structure in this sentence?
Både (both) and och (and) work together to link two things, exactly like in English. Here they connect the two languages: både svenska och engelska (both Swedish and English). Since they are just linking two nouns at the end of the sentence, they don't change any word order rules for the verb är.
I thought en tjänst meant a favor. Why does it mean position here?
The word en tjänst is very versatile. While it is often used for favors (like Gör mig en tjänst - Do me a favor) or general services, in a professional context it means a job position or post. The clue here is kravet (the requirement), which tells us we are looking at a job description.
Why is the word for requirement spelled as kravet instead of just krav?
Ett krav is an ett-word meaning a requirement or a demand. Because the sentence talks about the specific requirement for the job, it uses the definite form. For ett-words, we add -et to the end, making it kravet.
Why aren't the languages svenska and engelska capitalized?
Unlike English, Swedish does not capitalize the names of languages, nationalities, or days of the week. They only get a capital letter if they are the very first word of the sentence.
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