Breakdown of Man kan inte ordna galan förrän sponsorn har godkänt allt.
inte
not
ha
to have
kunna
to be able to, can
allt
everything / all (neuter)
man
one, you (people in general)
ordna
to arrange
godkänna
to approve
förrän
until (in negative sentences)
galan
the gala
sponsorn
the sponsor
Questions & Answers about Man kan inte ordna galan förrän sponsorn har godkänt allt.
How would I change this sentence to mean 'get the gala organized' using this lesson's grammar?
To use the causative construction, you replace ordna galan with få galan ordnad (få + object + past participle). Because gala is an en-word, the past participle of ordna takes the en-form, which is ordnad.
Why use förrän here instead of tills for 'until'?
You must use förrän because the main clause is negative (kan inte ordna). Förrän translates to 'until' but is strictly used in negative contexts. If the sentence were positive, like 'we will wait until...', you would use tills.
Why is the definite form sponsorn and not sponsoren?
The root noun is en sponsor. Loanwords ending in an unstressed '-or' usually drop the 'e' when taking the definite singular suffix, so it becomes sponsorn instead of sponsoren.
Why is the word for 'everything' written as allt with a 't'?
Allt is the neuter form of all. When used as a standalone pronoun meaning 'everything' in a general sense, Swedish always uses the neuter form allt.
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