Word
Vi cyklar till jobbet för att skydda miljön.
Meaning
We cycle to work in order to protect the environment.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Vi cyklar till jobbet för att skydda miljön.
vi
we
cykla
to cycle
att
to
till
to (direction, destination)
Questions & Answers about Vi cyklar till jobbet för att skydda miljön.
Why do we use för att here instead of just att?
För att means "in order to". If you only used att (to), it would sound incomplete. Whenever you want to express the purpose behind an action, you use för att followed directly by the infinitive verb, which is skydda (protect) in this sentence.
Why is it till jobbet (to the job) when the English translation says "to work"?
Swedish uses the definite form jobbet (the job) when talking about going to your specific workplace. Saying till jobb (to work) sounds strange in Swedish, almost as if you are going to just any random job.
Is the verb skydda (protect) in its infinitive form?
Yes! After för att, you always use the infinitive (dictionary) form of the verb. The att in för att already acts as the "to" marker for the infinitive, so you get för att skydda (in order to protect).
How does the word miljön (the environment) get its definite ending?
The base word is en miljö (an environment). Because it is an en-word that already ends in a vowel, you only need to add an -n to the end to make it definite, giving us miljön (the environment).