Questions & Answers about Han förnekar att han har pengarna.
Can I leave out att like we often drop 'that' in English?
You should generally keep it. In English, it is very common to just say 'He denies he has the money.' While Swedish speakers occasionally drop att in very fast, casual speech, standard Swedish requires it to introduce this type of subordinate clause. It is best practice to always include att.
If I wanted to say 'He denies that he doesn't have the money', where would inte go?
It would go before the verb har, like this: Han förnekar att han inte har pengarna. This is a very important rule for subordinate clauses (bisatser) in Swedish: 'sentence adverbs' like inte must come before the verb, whereas in a normal main sentence they come after.
Why is it pengarna and not just pengar?
Because the English sentence says 'the money'. In Swedish, the word for money (pengar) is plural. To make a plural noun definite (to say 'the...'), you add the suffix -na. Therefore, pengar becomes pengarna.
Is förnekar a regular verb?
Yes, it is a regular Group 1 verb, which is the most common verb pattern in Swedish. The base form (infinitive) is att förneka (to deny), and it takes the standard -ar ending to become förnekar in the present tense.
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