Breakdown of Du måste avboka inom en vecka efter bekräftelsen.
du
you (singular)
en
a, an (common)
måste
to have to, must
veckan
the week
efter
after
inom
within
avboka
to cancel (a booking or appointment)
bekräftelsen
the confirmation
Questions & Answers about Du måste avboka inom en vecka efter bekräftelsen.
What is the difference between using inom and i for time here?
inom means "within" a specific time limit, meaning the action must happen before that time is up. If you said i en vecka, it would mean you are actively doing the cancelling "for a week" (duration), which wouldn't make sense in this context.
How does the word avboka get its meaning?
It is built from the verb boka, which means "to book". The prefix av- often signifies taking something off or away. So avboka literally means "to un-book", which we translate as "to cancel" a reservation, ticket, or appointment.
Why doesn't the verb avboka have att (to) in front of it?
Because it directly follows måste (must), which is a modal verb. Just like in English where we say "must cancel" instead of "must to cancel", Swedish modal verbs take the bare infinitive of the following verb without att.
Why does the sentence use bekräftelsen instead of just bekräftelse?
The English sentence specifies "after the confirmation", so we need the definite form. The base noun is en bekräftelse. Because it already ends in a vowel, you just add an -n to make it definite: bekräftelsen.
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