Breakdown of Vilket fantastiskt resultat tack vare det medicinska framsteget!
vilket
which (ett) / what a (ett-word, exclamatory)
det
the (with ett-words)
fantastisk
fantastic
resultatet
the result
medicinsk
medical
tack vare
thanks to
framsteget
the progress / the advance
Questions & Answers about Vilket fantastiskt resultat tack vare det medicinska framsteget!
Why do we use tack vare here instead of på grund av?
Tack vare translates directly to "thanks to" and is used for positive reasons or outcomes. If the medical advance caused something bad, or if you were just stating a neutral fact like "due to" or "because of", you would use på grund av instead.
Why does the sentence start with Vilket to mean "What a"? Couldn't I just say Vad ett?
In Swedish, to say "What a [noun]!", you use Vilken, Vilket, or Vilka depending on the noun's gender and number. Since resultat is an ett word, we use Vilket. You would use Vad if you were only exclaiming an adjective without a noun, like Vad fantastiskt! (How fantastic!).
Why is it det medicinska framsteget with endings on both the adjective and the noun?
This is a great reminder of the Swedish "double definite" pattern. When you have a specific, definite noun described by an adjective, you need the freestanding article (det), the adjective gets an -a ending (medicinska), and the noun still keeps its definite suffix (framsteget).
What is the literal translation of the word framsteget?
It literally translates to "the forward step". It is a compound word built from fram (forward) and steget (the step), which creates a very logical way to describe an "advance" or "progress".
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