Breakdown of Pojkarna tycker att det är jobbigt att städa rummet.
vara
to be
det
it (neuter)
städa
to clean (a room, a house)
rummet
the room
pojken
the boy
att
that
tycka
to think (have an opinion)
jobbig
tough (tiring, annoying)
Questions & Answers about Pojkarna tycker att det är jobbigt att städa rummet.
Why does the adjective jobbigt end in -t here?
In this sentence structure, det acts as a placeholder subject that stands in for the whole idea of cleaning the room (att städa rummet). Because the pronoun det is a neuter word, the adjective describing it must take the neuter -t ending. Whenever you use the 'it is [adjective] to [verb]' pattern, the adjective will always get that -t.
Could I use tror or tänker instead of tycker for 'think' here?
No, because the boys are expressing a personal opinion about cleaning. In Swedish, tycker is always used for subjective opinions. You would use tror for guessing or believing something you are not entirely sure of, and tänker for the literal action of using your brain to think or plan.
What kind of 'tough' does jobbigt mean in this context?
Jobbig is an extremely common Swedish word that covers a lot of negative feelings: exhausting, annoying, tedious, or a hassle. While it can mean physically exhausting, in this context it mostly means the boys find cleaning to be an annoying chore.
Why does the sentence use rummet (the room) instead of a possessive like deras rum or sitt rum (their room)?
Swedish often prefers using the definite form of a noun, like rummet, when it is already obvious from the context who the owner is. English normally uses 'their room' in this situation, but 'the room' sounds much more natural and idiomatic in Swedish here.
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