Breakdown of Hon är så yr att hon vägrar gå ut.
vara
to be
hon
she
så
so
gå ut
to go out
att
that
vägra
to refuse
yr
dizzy
Questions & Answers about Hon är så yr att hon vägrar gå ut.
How does the så ... att structure work in this sentence?
It works exactly like the English 'so ... that'. You place så (so) before the adjective yr (dizzy), and use att (that) to introduce the clause describing the consequence: she refuses to go out.
Why is there no att (to) before the verb gå? Shouldn't it be vägrar att gå?
Both are grammatically correct, but it is very common in modern Swedish to drop the infinitive marker att after certain verbs like vägra (to refuse), bruka (to usually do), or sluta (to stop). Saying vägrar gå sounds completely natural and is often preferred in everyday speech.
Why do we use ut instead of ute for the word 'outside'?
Swedish has different words for location (being somewhere) and direction (going somewhere). Because the verb gå (go) shows movement towards a destination, you must use the directional word ut (out or to the outside). If she were already standing outside, you would use the location word ute.
If I wanted to say 'that she does NOT refuse', where would inte go in the second half of the sentence?
It would go before the verb: att hon inte vägrar gå ut. Because att introduces a subordinate clause (a dependent part of the sentence), adverbs like inte must be placed before the conjugated verb. This is a great reminder of the classic Swedish subordinate clause word order rule!
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