Word
Du måste läsa om dokumentet och göra om uppgiften.
Meaning
You must reread the document and redo the task.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Du måste läsa om dokumentet och göra om uppgiften.
du
you (singular)
och
and
måste
to have to, must
dokumentet
the document
Questions & Answers about Du måste läsa om dokumentet och göra om uppgiften.
How does the word om change the meaning of läsa and göra here?
In these particle verbs, om acts like the English prefix re-, meaning to do something again. Therefore, läsa om means to reread, and göra om means to redo.
Why is om placed right before dokumentet and uppgiften?
In Swedish, the particle in a particle verb usually stays directly after the verb and before the object. You cannot separate them by putting the object in between like you sometimes do in English. Saying läsa dokumentet om would be grammatically incorrect.
Where should I place the spoken stress in läsa om and göra om?
When pronouncing Swedish particle verbs, you always put the heavy spoken stress on the particle itself. You should emphasize the word om rather than the verbs läsa or göra.
Why are läsa and göra in the infinitive form instead of the present tense?
They are used together with the modal verb måste (must). Just like in English, Swedish modal verbs are followed by the base infinitive form of the verb, and you do not use an att (to) marker before them.