Breakdown of Vi tycker vändningen i slutet är helt osannolik.
vara
to be
vi
we
i
in
tycka
to think (have an opinion)
slutet
the ending
helt
completely
vändningen
the twist
osannolik
unlikely
Questions & Answers about Vi tycker vändningen i slutet är helt osannolik.
Where does the dropped att (that) belong in this sentence?
It belongs right after tycker, making it Vi tycker att vändningen.... Just like in English where you can say "We think the twist..." instead of "We think that the twist...", Swedish frequently drops att in everyday speech and informal writing when it introduces an object clause.
Why do we use tycker here instead of tror for "think"?
Tycker is used for personal opinions based on experience. The speaker has seen the movie or read the book and is expressing their subjective opinion about the ending. You would use tror if you were guessing what happens before you actually see it.
If we added att back into the sentence, would it change the word order?
No, the word order remains exactly the same whether att is there or not. The subclause is simply (att) vändningen i slutet är helt osannolik.
How does the word vändningen come to mean "the twist"?
Vändningen literally translates to "the turn" or "the turning" (from the verb att vända, to turn). In the context of a movie, story, or book, a "turn" naturally refers to a plot twist.
Why does the adjective osannolik not have a -t at the end?
It must agree with the noun it describes, which is vändningen. Since en vändning is an en-word and it is singular here, the adjective takes its base form without the -t ending.
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