Word
Idag hoppas jag att vi lyckas.
Meaning
Today I hope that we succeed.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Idag hoppas jag att vi lyckas.
Why do the verbs hoppas and lyckas end in an 's'? Does that mean they are in the passive voice?
No, these are called deponent verbs. Even though they end in -s (which is often used for the passive voice in Swedish), they always have an active meaning. Hoppas means hope and lyckas means succeed.
Are hoppas and lyckas in the present tense here?
Yes, they are both in the present tense! For most deponent verbs, the infinitive form (the dictionary form) and the present tense look exactly the same. So, hoppas is used for both to hope and hope/hopes.
Why is the word order hoppas jag (hope I) instead of jag hoppas (I hope)?
Because the sentence starts with the time word idag. Swedish uses the V2 rule, which means the main verb must come in the second position of the sentence. To keep hoppas in the second position, the subject jag has to swap places and come after it.
Why doesn't the V2 rule flip vi lyckas to lyckas vi in the second half of the sentence?
The V2 rule only applies to main clauses. The phrase att vi lyckas is a subordinate clause (a dependent clause) introduced by the word att. Subordinate clauses do not invert the verb and subject, so they keep a strict subject-verb order.