Breakdown of Jag tror att bastun vore avkopplande.
jag
I
tro
to believe
att
that
vore
would be
avkopplande
relaxing
bastun
the sauna
Questions & Answers about Jag tror att bastun vore avkopplande.
Why is "vore" used here instead of "skulle vara"?
Vore is a special, one-word way to say "would be". It is the old past subjunctive form of vara (to be) and is extremely common in Swedish for hypothetical situations. You could absolutely say skulle vara here, but vore is shorter and sounds very natural.
Why use "tror" for "think" instead of "tycker"?
In Swedish, tycker is used for opinions based on personal experience, while tror is used for beliefs or guesses. Because the speaker is using vore (would be), this is a hypothetical situation. They are guessing (tror) the sauna would be relaxing, rather than stating a firm opinion (tycker) based on sitting inside it right now.
Does the adjective "avkopplande" (relaxing) change if we talk about an "ett" word instead of an "en" word?
No, it stays exactly the same. Avkopplande is a present participle, which is a verb turned into an adjective ending in -ande or -ende. These words never change form, regardless of whether the noun is an en-word, an ett-word, or plural.
If I wanted to say "I think that the sauna would NOT be relaxing", where does "inte" go?
It goes before the verb vore, making it: Jag tror att bastun inte vore avkopplande. The phrase starting with att is a subordinate clause (a dependent clause). In Swedish, these clauses follow a strict rule where sentence adverbs like inte must come before the first verb.
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