Breakdown of Vi behöver nyare forskning om problemet.
vi
we
behöva
to need
problemet
the problem
ny
new
om
about
forskningen
the research
Questions & Answers about Vi behöver nyare forskning om problemet.
Why use the comparative form nyare if we aren't comparing two specific studies?
This is called the absolute comparative. Swedish often uses the comparative form to mean "fairly new" or "recent" without making a direct comparison. Here, nyare forskning just means "recent research" rather than research that is strictly newer than an older study.
Does nyare need to change its ending because forskning is an uncountable noun?
No. One of the great things about comparative adjectives in Swedish is that they never change their form. Whether the noun is an en-word, an ett-word, plural, or uncountable like forskning, the comparative adjective stays exactly the same: nyare.
The English translation says "research on", so why does the Swedish sentence use om?
When you talk about the topic of research, Swedish uses om (about) or kring (around). While English speakers naturally say "research on a topic", a direct translation using på would sound unnatural here. You are literally saying "research about the problem".
Could I say mer ny forskning instead of nyare forskning?
It is much more natural to say nyare. In Swedish, short adjectives almost always take the -are ending to form the comparative. You generally only use mer (more) with long or complex adjectives that are difficult to pronounce with an ending, such as mer intressant.
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