Breakdown of Kontakta banken beträffande återbetalningen.
banken
the bank
beträffande
concerning
återbetalningen
the refund
kontakta
to contact
Questions & Answers about Kontakta banken beträffande återbetalningen.
Why is a present participle like beträffande used as a preposition here?
beträffande is technically the present participle of the verb beträffa (to concern). In formal and administrative Swedish, participles ending in -ande and -ende are frequently used as prepositions of reference. It acts just like the word 'concerning' does in English.
Is there a difference in tone between beträffande, angående, and gällande in this context?
You can use all three interchangeably here without changing the meaning. However, beträffande often carries a slightly more formal, bureaucratic, or legal tone than the others. It fits perfectly in this sentence since the topic involves banking and official administration.
How does the prefix åter- change the meaning in återbetalningen?
The word is a compound of åter (back, again) and betalningen (the payment). The prefix åter- is very common in Swedish to mean 're-' or 'back.' You will see it often in formal vocabulary, such as återbetalning (refund or repayment) and återkoppling (feedback).
Why does kontakta end in an -a here if it is a command? Shouldn't the imperative drop the ending?
kontakta is a Group 1 verb. For all Group 1 verbs, the infinitive and the imperative forms are identical, both ending in -a. You only drop the -a to form the imperative in other verb groups, such as läs (from läsa) or skriv (from skriva).
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