Breakdown of Allt fler invånare väljer förorten eftersom den är billigare.
vara
to be
den
it (common)
välja
to choose
billig
cheap
eftersom
since, because
fler
more (countable)
allt
increasingly
förorten
the suburb
invånaren
the resident
Questions & Answers about Allt fler invånare väljer förorten eftersom den är billigare.
How does allt fler translate to "more and more"?
To express a continuous change in Swedish, you use the word allt followed by a comparative. Instead of repeating the word like in English ("more and more", "bigger and bigger"), Swedish simply puts allt in front. Here, allt + fler (the comparative of many) means an ever-increasing number of residents.
Why do we use fler here instead of mer?
Fler is the comparative form used for countable nouns, like invånare (residents). You use mer for uncountable things, like coffee or time. Since you can count residents, allt fler is the correct choice for "more and more".
Why doesn't the word invånare have a plural ending?
Swedish nouns that describe people and end in -are (like invånare, lärare, or arbetare) do not change their spelling in the indefinite plural. One resident is en invånare, and several residents is flera invånare. You have to rely on context or surrounding words like fler to know it is plural.
Why is "it" translated as den instead of det in the second half of the sentence?
The pronoun "it" refers back to förorten (the suburb). Because förort is an en-word (en förort), you must use the en-word pronoun den. If it had referred back to an ett-word, you would use det.
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