Breakdown of Domstolen kommer inte att avslå kravet förrän svaranden ber om det.
det
it (neuter)
inte
not
att
to (before a verb)
komma
to come
om
about
kravet
the requirement
förrän
until (in negative sentences)
domstolen
the court
be
to ask for, to request
svaranden
the defendant
avslå
to reject (a proposal, request)
Questions & Answers about Domstolen kommer inte att avslå kravet förrän svaranden ber om det.
The current lesson is about the pronouns denne and denna. Could we use denna instead of det at the end of this sentence?
No. While denne and denna are formal ways to point back to a specific noun, det is used here because it refers back to the entire action of rejecting the demand (att avslå kravet). When referring to a whole clause or concept rather than a specific noun, you must use det.
Why is förrän used here to mean 'until' instead of tills?
You must use förrän because the main clause is negative (kommer inte att). In Swedish, tills is used for 'until' in positive sentences, but negative sentences always require förrän to express 'until'.
What kind of word is svaranden? It looks like a verb form.
Svaranden is built from the present participle of att svara (to answer). In formal and legal Swedish, present participles are frequently used as nouns to describe a person performing an action. Here, it acts as a noun meaning the answering one, which translates to the defendant.
Why do we need the word om after ber?
The verb att be on its own usually means to pray or to beg. To express asking for or requesting something, you must use the phrasal verb att be om. Therefore, ber om det translates to asks for it.
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