Breakdown of Mindre socker och färre kakor är bra för ekonomin.
vara
to be
och
and
bra
good / well
kakan
the cake
sockret
the sugar
för
for, to
mindre
less / smaller
färre
fewer
ekonomin
the economy
Questions & Answers about Mindre socker och färre kakor är bra för ekonomin.
Why do we use mindre for socker but färre for kakor?
This is the main focus of your current lesson! Socker (sugar) is uncountable, like a liquid or a powder, so you use mindre (less). Kakor (cookies) are countable objects you can number (one cookie, two cookies), so you use färre (fewer). It works exactly like less and fewer in English.
Why doesn't bra get a plural ending since it describes two things (sugar and cookies)?
The adjective bra (good) is a special word in Swedish because its form never changes. Whether it describes an en-word, an ett-word, or multiple things in the plural, it always stays exactly as bra.
Why does the sentence use ekonomin instead of just ekonomi?
Ekonomin is the definite form, meaning the economy. It comes from the en-word en ekonomi, so it gets an -n at the end. Swedish uses the definite form here to talk about a specific, overarching concept, which matches how we say the economy in English.
Since less sugar and fewer cookies make a plural subject, why is the verb still just är?
In Swedish, verbs never change their form to match the subject. This is a great rule to remember from your earlier lessons! Whether the subject is singular (one thing) or plural (multiple things), the present tense of the verb to be is always just är.
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