Breakdown of Hos oss behöver de anställda inte stämpla in.
inte
not
behöva
to need
oss
us
de
the (plural, before adjective)
hos
at the home or workplace of
anställd
employed
stämpla in
to clock in
Questions & Answers about Hos oss behöver de anställda inte stämpla in.
Why is there no "att" before stämpla in? English says "need to clock in".
In Swedish, behöver (need) acts like a modal verb when expressing a lack of necessity with inte. This means it is followed directly by the bare infinitive stämpla without using att (to).
Why does inte come after the subject de anställda rather than right after the verb behöver?
Why is the word for "the employees" written as de anställda?
The word anställd is actually a past participle functioning as an adjective, meaning "employed". To say "the employees" in Swedish, you use the definite plural form of this adjective: de anställda, which literally translates to "the employed ones".
Why use hos oss instead of a preposition like på or vid for "at our place"?
The preposition hos is used specifically to mean "at the home of", "at the workplace of", or "among" when referring to people or a business. Since "us" refers to the people or the company itself rather than a physical location, hos is the natural choice.
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