Word
Hyresvärden är orolig för krisen, därför blir lägenheterna allt dyrare.
Meaning
The landlord is worried about the crisis, therefore the apartments are becoming increasingly expensive.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hyresvärden är orolig för krisen, därför blir lägenheterna allt dyrare.
vara
to be
dyr
expensive
lägenheten
the apartment
bli
to become
Questions & Answers about Hyresvärden är orolig för krisen, därför blir lägenheterna allt dyrare.
How does allt dyrare mean "increasingly expensive"?
To express that something is continuously changing, Swedish uses the word allt followed by an adjective in its comparative form. Here, dyr (expensive) becomes dyrare (more expensive). Together, allt dyrare means "increasingly expensive" or "more and more expensive".
Why is the verb blir placed right after därför?
This is because of the V2 (verb-second) rule. The word därför (therefore) takes up the first position in the second clause. To keep the verb in the second position, the subject lägenheterna and the verb blir must swap places.
Why do we use för after orolig?
In Swedish, certain adjectives pair with specific prepositions. To say you are "worried about" something, you use the fixed phrase orolig för. It doesn't translate word-for-word to the English "about" (which is usually om).
How is the word hyresvärden formed?
It is a compound word made from hyra (rent) and värden (the host). They are joined together by a linking -s-, which is a very common way to glue nouns together in Swedish.