Word
Besättningen har planerat att utforska rymden.
Meaning
The crew has planned to explore space.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Besättningen har planerat att utforska rymden.
ha
to have
att
to
planera
to plan
besättningen
the crew
Questions & Answers about Besättningen har planerat att utforska rymden.
Why do we use the definite form rymden when the English translation just says "space"?
In Swedish, unique things or general environments often take the definite form where English uses the bare indefinite form. Since there is only one outer space, Swedish refers to it as rymden (literally "the space").
Why do we need the word att before utforska?
Att is the infinitive marker, just like "to" in English. Because planerat (planned) is a regular verb and not a modal helper verb like kan (can) or vill (want), the next verb needs att to connect them, giving us att utforska (to explore).
How does the word utforska relate to other Swedish words?
It is built from the prefix ut- meaning "out" and the verb forska meaning "to research" or "to study". So, exploring space is conceptually "researching out" into it.
What is the base form of besättningen?
The base indefinite form is en besättning (a crew). By adding the -en suffix, it becomes besättningen (the crew). As a handy tip, Swedish nouns ending in -ing are almost always "en" words.