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 do we use färre instead of mindre here?
We use färre (fewer) because utgifter (expenses) is a countable plural noun—you can count one expense, two expenses, and so on. If we were talking about an uncountable noun like money or water, we would use mindre (less).
The English translation says "than us", but the Swedish says än vi. Shouldn't it be oss?
In everyday English, we often use the object pronoun "us" after "than". However, Swedish uses the subject pronoun vi (we) here. Think of it as a shortened version of "than we have" (än vi har).
What is the singular form of utgifter?
The singular is en utgift (an expense). Like many en-words that end in a consonant, it adds -er to make the plural form utgifter.
Why is the verb har placed before the subject ni?
This is because of the V2 (verb-second) rule. The question word varför (why) takes the first position in the sentence, so the verb har (have) must be second, which pushes the subject ni (you) into the third position.
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