Breakdown of Eftersom de aldrig redovisat resultatet, utvärderar vi inget.
vi
we
de
they
aldrig
never
inget
nothing / no (neuter)
Questions & Answers about Eftersom de aldrig redovisat resultatet, utvärderar vi inget.
Why is it just redovisat and not har redovisat?
In written and formal Swedish, it is very common to drop the auxiliary verbs har (have) and hade (had) in subordinate clauses. Because this clause starts with the subordinating conjunction eftersom (because), you can omit har and simply write Eftersom de aldrig redovisat.... Both with and without har are perfectly correct.
Why does aldrig come before the verb here? Shouldn't the verb come first?
You are thinking of the word order for a main clause! In a subordinate clause (like the one starting with eftersom), sentence adverbs like aldrig (never) or inte (not) must be placed before the first verb. This is often called the BIFF rule in Swedish (Bisats Inte Före Finit verb). Therefore, it must be de aldrig redovisat.
Why is it utvärderar vi instead of vi utvärderar after the comma?
This is the classic V2 (verb-second) rule in action. The entire subordinate clause (Eftersom de aldrig redovisat resultatet) acts as the first block of information in the main sentence. To keep the verb in the second position, the main verb utvärderar must come immediately after the comma, followed by the subject vi.
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