Breakdown of Om gästen faktiskt är vegan, serverar vi aldrig fläskkött.
vara
to be
vi
we
aldrig
never
gästen
the guest
om
if, whether
faktiskt
actually (as a matter of fact, in fact)
servera
to serve
fläskköttet
the pork
veganen
the vegan
Questions & Answers about Om gästen faktiskt är vegan, serverar vi aldrig fläskkött.
Why does faktiskt come before the verb är in the first part?
This is because Om gästen faktiskt är vegan is a subordinate clause (a dependent clause that starts with a word like om). This triggers the BIFF rule: in a subordinate clause, sentence adverbs like faktiskt must come BEFORE the verb.
Why is the second half serverar vi instead of vi serverar?
The entire first clause before the comma counts as the first piece of information in the sentence. Because Swedish is a V2 language (the verb must be in the second position in a main clause), the verb serverar must come immediately after the comma, pushing the subject vi after it.
Why does the adverb aldrig come AFTER the verb and subject, unlike faktiskt?
The BIFF rule only applies to subordinate clauses. The second half of this sentence is a main clause. In a main clause, sentence adverbs like aldrig normally come after the verb and the subject.
Why is there no word for 'a' before vegan?
In Swedish, when you state someone's profession, nationality, or lifestyle identity using the verb är, you usually leave out the article (en or ett). You just say är vegan instead of är en vegan.
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