Breakdown of Hon offrade drömjobbet så att vi skulle få en gemensam framtid.
hon
she
vi
we
en
a, an (common)
få
to get, receive
skulle
would
så att
so that
framtiden
the future
drömjobbet
the dream job
gemensam
common (shared, mutual)
offra
to sacrifice
Questions & Answers about Hon offrade drömjobbet så att vi skulle få en gemensam framtid.
How could we express this using the för ... skull (for someone's sake) structure from this lesson?
You could say Hon offrade drömjobbet för vår skull (She sacrificed the dream job for our sake). Since she did it so that we could have a future together, för vår skull is a very natural and concise alternative to the longer så att (so that) clause used here.
Why does the sentence use skulle få instead of just fick (got)?
Skulle få translates to "would get" or "were going to get". It shows her intention at the time she sacrificed the job. If the sentence used så att vi fick en gemensam framtid, it would state a simple historical fact: she sacrificed the job, and as a result, we got a common future. Using skulle få emphasizes that the common future was her specific goal.
What would happen to the word order if we added a word like inte (not) in the second half of the sentence?
Because så att vi skulle få en gemensam framtid is a subordinate clause (a clause that cannot stand on its own as a full sentence), the BIFF rule applies. This means sentence adverbs like inte must come before the first verb. It would become: ...så att vi inte skulle få... (...so that we wouldn't get...).
How does the definite article work in a compound word like drömjobbet?
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