Breakdown of Vi städade skogen för att skydda miljön.
vi
we
städa
to clean
att
to
skogen
the forest
för
for, to
skydda
to protect
miljön
the environment
Questions & Answers about Vi städade skogen för att skydda miljön.
Why do we use för att here instead of just att?
för att specifically means "in order to" or "for the purpose of". If you only used att (to), the sentence wouldn't clearly explain why you cleaned the forest. Whenever you want to say you did something in order to do something else, use för att.
What form is the verb skydda in, and why?
skydda (to protect) is in the infinitive form. When you use för att to show purpose, the verb that follows must always be in the infinitive, just like in English with "in order to protect".
How do we know städade is in the past tense?
städade ends in -de, which is the standard past tense ending for Group 1 verbs in Swedish. The base verb is städa (to clean), so adding -de makes it "cleaned".
Why is it miljön and not miljöen?
The base word is en miljö (an environment). To make it definite ("the environment"), we need to add a suffix. Because miljö already ends in a vowel, we just add -n instead of the full -en to get miljön.
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