Breakdown of Vi ska antingen köpa det där huset eller hyra lägenheten.
vi
we
huset
the house
köpa
to buy
ska
will
eller
or
lägenheten
the apartment
hyra
to rent
det där
that (ett)
antingen
either
Questions & Answers about Vi ska antingen köpa det där huset eller hyra lägenheten.
Where should I place antingen in a sentence like this?
When antingen (either) is part of the sentence's internal structure, it usually goes after the first verb, just like inte (not) does. Here it goes right after the helper verb ska. If you want to emphasize it, you can start the sentence with it, but you must use the V2 rule and swap the subject and verb: Antingen ska vi köpa...
If I wanted to say 'We will neither buy that house nor rent the apartment', how would the conjunctions change?
You would change antingen to varken. The word eller actually stays exactly the same! The pair for 'neither ... nor' in Swedish is varken ... eller. So the sentence would be: Vi ska varken köpa det där huset eller hyra lägenheten.
Why is it det där huset and not just det där hus?
To say 'that' in Swedish, you use den där or det där. Because hus is an ett-word, we use det där. Remember that in Swedish, when you point something out with 'this' or 'that', you must also put the noun in its definite ('the') form. So it translates literally as 'that there the-house'.
Why are both köpa and hyra in the infinitive form?
They are both following the helper verb ska (will / are going to). The conjunction eller (or) links the two actions together, meaning ska applies to both verbs without you needing to repeat it.
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