Word
Vi måste fortsätta fast berget är brant.
Meaning
We must continue although the mountain is steep.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Vi måste fortsätta fast berget är brant.
vara
to be
vi
we
måste
to have to, must
berget
the mountain
Questions & Answers about Vi måste fortsätta fast berget är brant.
Does "fast" always mean "although"?
In this sentence, fast is a subordinating conjunction meaning "although" or "even though". It is often used interchangeably with fastän. However, you might also remember fast as an adjective or adverb meaning "firm", "fixed", or "stuck". The context of the sentence will always tell you whether it is connecting two clauses or describing a noun!
If I start the sentence with "Fast berget är brant", what happens to the word order?
Swedish strictly follows the V2 (verb-second) rule, meaning the main verb must be the second block of information in the main clause. If you move the entire subordinate clause to the front (Fast berget är brant...), it takes up position number one. The main verb måste must come right next: Fast berget är brant måste vi fortsätta.
Why isn't there an "att" (to) before "fortsätta"?
Because måste (must / have to) is a modal verb. Just like in English, Swedish modal verbs are followed directly by the infinitive form of the next verb without using att (to). You just say måste fortsätta (must continue).
Since "berget" is an ett-word, why doesn't "brant" get a neuter "-t" ending?