Breakdown of Dessutom drar en synlig väska uppmärksamheten till sig.
en
a, an (common)
väskan
the bag
till
to (direction, destination)
sig
oneself / himself / herself / themselves
dessutom
furthermore
dra
to pull
synlig
visible
uppmärksamheten
the attention
Questions & Answers about Dessutom drar en synlig väska uppmärksamheten till sig.
Why is sig used at the end of the sentence?
The phrase drar till sig means 'attracts' or literally 'pulls to itself'. Because the subject doing the pulling is a third-person thing (en väska, a bag), the reflexive pronoun sig (itself) is used to complete the phrase.
Why does the Swedish sentence use the definite form uppmärksamheten when the English translation just says 'attention'?
In Swedish, abstract uncountable nouns like uppmärksamhet (attention) often take the definite suffix -en when talking about the concept in general. You are literally saying the bag pulls 'the attention' to itself.
Why is the verb drar placed before the subject en synlig väska?
Could I write drar till sig uppmärksamheten instead?
Yes, both word orders work! You can put the object in the middle (drar uppmärksamheten till sig) or at the end (drar till sig uppmärksamheten). Placing it in the middle is very common and sounds natural here.
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