Questions & Answers about Som om löftet att sluta vore enkelt!
How does att sluta connect to löftet in this sentence?
att sluta (to stop) acts as a complement to the noun löftet (the promise). Just like in English, certain Swedish nouns can be directly followed by att plus an infinitive verb to define exactly what the noun refers to.
Why does the sentence use vore instead of a normal present or past tense verb?
Is som om always followed by a hypothetical or past-tense verb like vore?
Usually, yes. Because som om (as if) introduces a scenario that isn't actually true, it forces the following verb into the past tense or a special hypothetical form, very similar to how we say "as if it were" in English.
Why does the adjective enkelt have a -t at the end here?
The adjective is describing löftet (the promise). Because the base noun is ett löfte (a neuter noun), the adjective must take the neuter -t ending to agree with it.