Word
Ledningen har inte godkänt beslutet.
Meaning
Management has not approved the decision.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ledningen har inte godkänt beslutet.
inte
not
ha
to have
ledningen
the management
godkänna
to approve
Questions & Answers about Ledningen har inte godkänt beslutet.
Why does inte come directly between har and godkänt?
In a Swedish main clause, the first verb (the auxiliary har) must be in the second position. The negation inte usually comes immediately after this first verb, before the main verb (godkänt). So the standard order is: Auxiliary verb + inte + Main verb.
Why does the main verb end in a 't' (godkänt)?
Because it follows the auxiliary verb har to form the present perfect tense ('has approved'). After har, you must use the supine form of the verb, which almost always ends in -t or -it. The dictionary form (infinitive) here is godkänna.
How do we know that ledningen and beslutet mean 'the management' and 'the decision'?
In Swedish, 'the' is attached to the end of the noun rather than being a separate word. Ledning is an en-word, so it adds -en to become ledningen. Beslut is an ett-word, so it adds -et to become beslutet.
What is the literal meaning behind the word godkänt?
The infinitive verb godkänna is a compound made from god (good) and känna (to feel or know). So to approve something in Swedish is literally to 'feel it is good'.