Breakdown of De som vill vinna måste vara utåtriktade.
vara
to be
vilja
to want to
måste
to have to, must
vinna
to win
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
de
those (who)
utåtriktad
extroverted
Questions & Answers about De som vill vinna måste vara utåtriktade.
Why do we need both de and som at the beginning of the sentence?
De som translates to "those who" or "the ones who". In Swedish, you cannot use som (who/that) on its own to mean "those who" at the start of a sentence. You need the plural pronoun de (those) paired with som to create a full noun phrase that acts as the subject.
Does the V2 (verb-second) rule apply to this sentence?
Why does the adjective utåtriktade end in -e instead of the usual plural -a?
Utåtriktad (extroverted) is formed from a verb, acting like a past participle ending in -ad. When these types of words become plural to match de som (which is plural), they take an -e ending instead of an -a, making it utåtriktade.
In spoken Swedish, is de still pronounced as dom in this phrase?
Yes, just like when it stands alone to mean "they", the de in the phrase de som is almost always pronounced as dom in everyday speech.
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