Breakdown of Vi måste följa upp resultatet innan vi sätter igång.
vi
we
måste
to have to, must
innan
before
resultatet
the result
sätta igång
to get started
följa upp
to follow up
Questions & Answers about Vi måste följa upp resultatet innan vi sätter igång.
Why do we use sätter igång here instead of just börjar?
While börjar simply means start or begin, sätter igång is an idiomatic particle verb that gives a more active, energetic feeling of getting started, getting down to business, or kicking things off. It strongly implies taking action.
In English we say follow up on the result, but Swedish just says följa upp resultatet. Why is there no extra preposition?
The Swedish particle verb följa upp takes a direct object. You do not need to translate the English word on by adding a preposition like på. You simply follow up the object directly.
Since följa upp and sätta igång are both particle verbs, how does that affect the pronunciation of this sentence?
In Swedish particle verbs, the stress always falls heavily on the particle rather than the verb itself. When speaking this sentence naturally, you should emphasize upp and igång rather than följa and sätter.
innan vi sätter igång is a subordinate clause. If we needed to add inte (not) to this part of the sentence, where would it go?
Because innan (before) introduces a subordinate clause, sentence adverbs like inte must come before the conjugated verb. It would become innan vi inte sätter igång. This is a great time to remember the BIFF rule: I Bisats kommer Inte Före Finita verbet (In a subordinate clause, inte comes before the conjugated verb).
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