Breakdown of Du får inte vägra att godkänna förändringen.
du
you (singular)
inte
not
att
to
få
to be allowed to, may
godkänna
to approve
vägra
to refuse
förändringen
the change
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?
It comes from the en-word en förändring (a change). To say 'the change', Swedish adds the definite suffix -en to the end of the word, creating the object förändringen.
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