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Vi testar den där mikrofonen så att publiken hör talaren.
Meaning
We are testing that microphone so that the audience hears the speaker.
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Breakdown of Vi testar den där mikrofonen så att publiken hör talaren.
vi
we
höra
to hear
publiken
the audience
den där
that (en)
Questions & Answers about Vi testar den där mikrofonen så att publiken hör talaren.
How does så att affect the word order if we want to make the second clause negative?
så att (so that) introduces a subordinate clause. This means it follows the rule where sentence adverbs like inte (not) or alltid (always) are placed before the verb. If you wanted to say "so that the audience does not hear", you would write ... så att publiken inte hör talaren. In a standard main clause, inte would go after the verb.
Why does the sentence use the definite form mikrofonen after den där?
In Swedish, demonstrative pronouns like den där (that) and den här (this) require the noun that follows to also be in its definite form. This is why it is den där mikrofonen (literally "that there the microphone"), not just den där mikrofon. This is often called the "double definite" rule, a common stumbling block for English speakers.
How is the word talaren formed?
The root is the verb att tala (to speak). By adding -are, it becomes the noun en talare (a speaker). For nouns ending in -are that describe people, you drop the final -e and add -en to make it definite. Therefore, en talare becomes talaren (the speaker).
Is publiken treated as a singular or plural word?