Breakdown of Du måste plantera fler träd på gården om du vill skydda miljön.
du
you (singular)
vilja
to want to
måste
to have to, must
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
trädet
the tree
gården
the farm
om
if, whether
skydda
to protect
miljön
the environment
fler
more (countable)
plantera
to plant
Questions & Answers about Du måste plantera fler träd på gården om du vill skydda miljön.
Why doesn't the main clause have inverted word order here?
It is because the main clause comes first! Since Du måste plantera... starts the sentence, it follows normal Subject-Verb order. If the conditional clause came first (Om du vill skydda miljön...), the main clause would have to invert its subject and verb to satisfy the V2 (verb-second) rule: ...måste du plantera fler träd på gården.
Why use fler instead of mer for "more"?
English uses "more" for everything, but Swedish makes a distinction. You use fler for things you can count (like trees, dogs, or chairs) and mer for uncountable amounts (like water, coffee, or time). Since trees are countable, we use fler.
Is träd plural here? It looks exactly like the singular form.
Yes, it is plural! Träd is an ett-word that ends in a consonant (ett träd). Words in this specific group do not change their form in the indefinite plural. We know it means "trees" rather than "tree" here because it is preceded by the word fler (more).
Why isn't there an att (to) before plantera or skydda?
Because they directly follow the modal verbs måste (must) and vill (want to). In Swedish, modal verbs are followed directly by the infinitive form of the next verb, without needing att as a connector.
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