Breakdown of Vädret är dåligt. Därför måste vi navigera försiktigt.
vara
to be
vi
we
måste
to have to, must
vädret
the weather
försiktig
careful
dålig
bad
därför
therefore
navigera
to navigate
Questions & Answers about Vädret är dåligt. Därför måste vi navigera försiktigt.
Why is it måste vi instead of vi måste in the second sentence?
This is because of the V2 (verb-second) rule, which is the focus of this lesson! The connector därför takes up the first position in the sentence. The verb (måste) must come second, so the subject (vi) gets bumped to the third spot after the verb.
Why does dåligt end in a -t?
Because it describes Vädret (the weather). The word väder is an ett word, and when an adjective describes an ett word, it gets a -t at the end. The base form of the adjective is dålig.
Why does försiktigt also end in a -t? Is it describing an ett word too?
Not exactly! Here, it is acting as an adverb—it describes the verb (navigera), telling us how we must navigate. In Swedish, you turn an adjective like försiktig (careful) into an adverb (carefully) by adding a -t to the end.
Why is it just navigera and not att navigera?
Because it comes directly after måste (must), which is a modal verb. Just like in English where we say 'must navigate' instead of 'must to navigate', Swedish modal verbs take the bare infinitive of the next verb without the word att (to).
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