Breakdown of Kör traktorn till ladan om det börjar snöa.
börja
to start
till
to (direction, destination)
köra
to drive
snöa
to snow
om
if, whether
det
there (dummy subject)
traktorn
the tractor
ladan
the barn
Questions & Answers about Kör traktorn till ladan om det börjar snöa.
Why does the sentence start with a verb (kör)?
Kör is in the imperative form, meaning it is a direct command ("Drive!"). As you are learning in this lesson, the main clause of a conditional sentence can be a command. Since the main clause is at the beginning of this sentence, it starts right off with the imperative verb.
If I put the "om" clause first, how does the sentence change?
You would say: Om det börjar snöa, kör traktorn till ladan. Usually, putting an om (if) clause first forces the main clause to swap its subject and verb so the verb stays in the second position (the V2 rule). However, because the main clause here is an imperative (a command), it doesn't have a visible subject to swap with—it just starts directly with the verb kör.
Why is there no "att" (to) between "börjar" and "snöa"?
The verb börja (to start/begin) can be followed by another verb in the infinitive with or without att. Saying det börjar snöa is perfectly correct and very common in spoken and everyday Swedish, though det börjar att snöa is also grammatically correct.
What is the base form of the noun "ladan"?
The base form is en lada (a barn). Because it is an en-word that ends in a vowel, you simply add an -n to make it definite: ladan (the barn).
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