Breakdown of Varför har ni färre utgifter än vi?
vi
we
ni
you (plural, subject)
ha
to have
varför
why
än
than
utgiften
the expense
färre
fewer
Questions & Answers about Varför har ni färre utgifter än vi?
Why is färre used here instead of mindre?
Färre means "fewer" and is used with countable nouns, like utgifter (expenses). If you were talking about an uncountable noun, like mjölk (milk) or tid (time), you would use mindre (less).
Why does the sentence end with vi (we) instead of oss (us)?
In Swedish, comparisons with än (than) usually use the subject pronoun (vi) when comparing subjects. You can think of it as a shortened version of "than we do" or "than we have". While English often uses the object pronoun ("us"), Swedish keeps it strictly as vi here.
Why does the verb har come before the subject ni?
This is because of the Swedish V2 (verb-second) rule. In a question, the question word Varför (why) takes the first position. The verb har must be the second piece of information, so it swaps places with the subject ni.
What is the singular form of utgifter?
The singular form is en utgift (an expense). Because it is an en word, it takes the -er ending to become plural, which makes it a countable noun that requires färre instead of mindre.
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