Breakdown of Medborgarna tycker att planerandet av staden är komplicerat.
vara
to be
staden
the city
av
of, by / from (cause)
att
that
Questions & Answers about Medborgarna tycker att planerandet av staden är komplicerat.
How is the word planerandet formed, and why does it end in -t?
Planerandet is a noun created from the verb planera (to plan). By adding -ande to the verb, we create a noun that focuses on the ongoing process, meaning "the act of planning". Because all nouns formed with -ande are ett words, we add a -t to the end to make it definite: planerandet (the planning).
What is the "objective genitive" in this sentence, and why use av staden?
An objective genitive shows that a noun receives an action, even though it looks like a possessive. In planerandet av staden (the planning of the city), the city isn't doing the planning; rather, it is the object being planned. Using av (of) is the clearest way to show this relationship in Swedish.
Why does komplicerat end in -t?
It must agree grammatically with the subject it describes, which is planerandet. Since all verb-derived nouns ending in -ande or -ende are ett words, any adjective describing them must take the neuter -t ending.
As a quick refresher, why must we use tycker here instead of tror?