Word
Du får inte vägra att godkänna förändringen.
Meaning
You must not refuse to approve the change.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Du får inte vägra att godkänna förändringen.
du
you (singular)
inte
not
att
to
få
to be allowed to, may
Questions & Answers about Du får inte vägra att godkänna förändringen.
Why does inte come between får and vägra?
In a Swedish main clause, the word inte (not) comes immediately after the first verb. Here, får is the first verb (the auxiliary verb), so inte goes right after it, separating it from the second verb vägra.
If måste means 'must', why is 'must not' translated as får inte here?
får means 'may' or 'is allowed to'. When negated as får inte, it means 'may not' or 'is not allowed to'. English speakers often say 'must not' for this strong prohibition. Be careful: måste inte means 'do not have to', not 'must not'!
Why is there an att before godkänna but no att before vägra?
vägra comes directly after the auxiliary verb får, and auxiliary verbs connect to the next verb without att. But godkänna comes after vägra, which is a regular verb. Regular verbs usually need the infinitive marker att (to) before the next verb, just like 'refuse to approve' in English.
How is the object förändringen built?