Learn Swedish: Förutom bidraget behöver sjukhuset en ny läkare. - Besides the grant, the hospital needs a new doctor.

Förutom bidraget behöver sjukhuset en ny läkare.

Besides the grant, the hospital needs a new doctor.

Breakdown of Förutom bidraget behöver sjukhuset en ny läkare.

Questions & Answers about Förutom bidraget behöver sjukhuset en ny läkare.

Does förutom mean 'except for' or 'in addition to' in this sentence?

It means 'in addition to' or 'besides'. Förutom is a tricky preposition because it can mean both 'except for' (excluding) and 'besides' (including). You have to rely on context to know which one it is, and here it makes sense that they need a new doctor as well as the grant.

Why is it behöver sjukhuset instead of sjukhuset behöver?

This is a great example of the Swedish V2 (verb-second) rule! The prepositional phrase Förutom bidraget takes up the entire first position in the sentence. The verb behöver must come second, pushing the subject sjukhuset into the third position.

What kind of noun is bidraget?

It is the definite form of ett bidrag, which means a contribution, grant, allowance, or subsidy. Because it is an ett-word, it takes the -et suffix to mean 'the grant'.

If the hospital needed several new doctors, how would we write 'doctors' in Swedish?

It would still be läkare! Nouns that end in -are and refer to people or professions generally look exactly the same in the indefinite plural. For example, 'several new doctors' would be flera nya läkare.