Breakdown of Har patienten några problem förutom sjukdomen?
ha
to have
problemet
the problem
några
some / any (plural)
patienten
the patient
sjukdomen
the disease
förutom
except / besides
Questions & Answers about Har patienten några problem förutom sjukdomen?
The lesson is about compound prepositions. Is förutom considered a compound preposition?
Yes! Even though we write it as a single word today, it is historically built from two parts: för and utom (outside/except). It functions just like the other multi-word prepositions in this lesson.
In English, "besides" can mean "in addition to" or "except for." Which one does förutom mean here?
Förutom primarily means "except for" or "apart from." The person is asking if there are any other issues excluding the known illness. While Swedish has a specific word for "in addition to" (utöver), förutom is often used for both meanings in everyday speech.
Since problem is an ett word, shouldn't "any" be något? Why does this sentence use några?
Problem is an ett word that looks exactly the same in its indefinite plural form (one problem = ett problem, several problems = flera problem). Because the sentence is asking about plural "problems," we must use the plural word for "any," which is några.
How does the word sjukdomen break down?
It comes from the en-word sjukdom (disease or illness). Adding the -en ending makes it definite (sjukdomen, meaning "the disease"). You will often see the -dom suffix in Swedish to turn adjectives into nouns, just like sjuk (sick) becomes sjukdom (sickness).
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