Breakdown of Om vi har skördat vetet utan att stressa, räddar vi skörden.
vi
we
ha
to have
om
if, whether
rädda
to save
utan att
without
stressa
to stress
skörda
to harvest
vetet
the wheat
skörden
the harvest
Questions & Answers about Om vi har skördat vetet utan att stressa, räddar vi skörden.
Why does the second part of the sentence start with räddar vi instead of vi räddar?
This is the V2 (verb-second) rule in action. The entire if-clause (Om vi har skördat vetet utan att stressa) takes up the first position in the sentence. To keep the main verb in the second position, räddar must come immediately after the comma, followed by the subject vi.
The lesson is about using the present tense with om, but this sentence uses har skördat (present perfect). Is that allowed?
Yes! You can use the present perfect in a real conditional sentence when the action needs to be completely finished before the main result happens. Just like in English, saying "If we have harvested" shows that the harvesting must be a completed action before the harvest is considered saved.
Why is there an att in utan att stressa?
When you want to say "without doing [something]" in Swedish, you use the phrase utan att followed by the infinitive form of the verb. While English uses the "-ing" form ("without rushing"), Swedish uses att plus the infinitive (att stressa).
What is the difference between skördat and skörden?
They are the verb and noun forms of the same root word. Att skörda is the verb meaning "to harvest," and here it is used after har to form the present perfect (har skördat). En skörd is the noun meaning "a harvest," used here in its definite form (skörden, meaning "the harvest").
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