Word
Att stiga upp tidigt kräver disciplin.
Meaning
To get up early requires discipline.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Att stiga upp tidigt kräver disciplin.
att
to
tidigt
early
stiga upp
to get up (out of bed)
kräva
to require
Questions & Answers about Att stiga upp tidigt kräver disciplin.
Why does the verb kräver come so late in the sentence if Swedish is a "Verb Second" (V2) language?
The V2 rule means the verb must be the second grammatical building block, not necessarily the second word. Here, the entire infinitive phrase Att stiga upp tidigt acts as a single block (the subject). So, kräver is exactly where it should be: in the second position, right after the whole subject.
What is the difference between att stiga upp and att vakna?
Att vakna means to simply wake up (open your eyes, stop sleeping). Att stiga upp specifically means to physically get out of bed. It usually requires more discipline to stiga upp early than just to vakna early!
If I want to replace the whole phrase Att stiga upp tidigt with a pronoun, which one do I use?
You would use det (it). An infinitive clause acting as a subject is always treated as grammatically neuter (an ett word). If you had already established the context of getting up early in a conversation, you could just say Det kräver disciplin (It requires discipline).
Is stiga upp a particle verb, and how does that affect pronunciation?