Breakdown of Jag tror hon sviker mördaren och kan bevisa motivet.
jag
I
hon
she
och
and
tro
to believe
kunna
to be able to, can
mördaren
the killer
bevisa
prove
motivet
the motive
svika
betray
Questions & Answers about Jag tror hon sviker mördaren och kan bevisa motivet.
Why is there no word for "that" between tror and hon?
In Swedish, just like in English, you can often drop the subordinating conjunction att (that) when it introduces an object clause. You could absolutely say Jag tror att hon... but Jag tror hon... is very common and natural, especially in spoken or informal language.
Does dropping att change the word order rules for the rest of the sentence?
No, even when att is dropped, the clause hon sviker mördaren... is still a subordinate clause. This means if you added a sentence adverb like inte (not), it would still follow the BIFF rule and come before the verb, exactly as if att were still visible: Jag tror hon inte sviker mördaren.
Why does mördaren end in -n while motivet ends in -t when both mean "the"?
It depends on the gender of the root noun. En mördare (a killer) is an en-word, and since it already ends in a vowel, it just adds -n for the definite form. Ett motiv (a motive) is an ett-word ending in a consonant, so it takes -et to become motivet.
What is the base form of the verb sviker?
The infinitive is svika, which means to betray, let down, or fail someone. It is a strong verb, meaning it changes its core vowel in other tenses: it becomes svek in the past tense and svikit in the perfect tense.
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