Breakdown of Byggföretaget låter materialet levereras till hantverkaren.
till
to (direction, destination)
materialet
the material
låta
to let, allow
leverera
to deliver
byggföretaget
the construction company
hantverkaren
the tradesman
Questions & Answers about Byggföretaget låter materialet levereras till hantverkaren.
Why does levereras end in an -s here?
It is in the passive infinitive form. In this causative construction, låter means 'has' or 'arranges for', and levereras means 'to be delivered'. If you used the active leverera, it would grammatically imply that the material itself was delivering something!
Does låter mean 'let' (permission) or 'have' (causation) in this context?
Here it means 'have' in the sense of arranging for a service to be done. When låta is used with an object and a passive infinitive (a verb ending in -s), it almost always expresses causation rather than permission.
Could I use får (gets/has) instead of låter to say the same thing?
Yes, but the grammar changes! While låter triggers the passive infinitive (levereras), får must be followed by the perfect participle. You would have to say Byggföretaget får materialet levererat. Both constructions are common ways to express having something done by someone else.
What kind of worker is a hantverkare?
A hantverkare is a broad term for a tradesman, craftsman, or artisan. In the context of a construction company (byggföretag), it refers to skilled manual workers like carpenters, electricians, painters, or plumbers.
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