Breakdown of Vi borde minska utsläppen med hänsyn till miljön.
vi
we
miljön
the environment
minska
to reduce
böra
should, ought to
Questions & Answers about Vi borde minska utsläppen med hänsyn till miljön.
Could I use the other compound preposition from this lesson, i förhållande till, instead of med hänsyn till in this sentence?
No, they have different meanings. med hänsyn till means out of consideration for or with regard to, which fits perfectly here because we are considering the well-being of the environment. i förhållande till means in relation to or compared to. You would only use that if you were comparing two things, like our emissions compared to another country's emissions.
What are the building blocks of the word utsläppen?
It is a compound of ut (out) and the verb släppa (to let go, release). An emission is literally an out-release (ett utsläpp). In this sentence, it has the definite plural ending -en, meaning the emissions.
Is minska used here as an action we do to something, or something that happens on its own?
Here it is an action we do to something else (a transitive verb), because we are actively reducing utsläppen. However, minska is handy because it can also be used when something decreases on its own (intransitive), like if you said utsläppen minskar (the emissions are decreasing).
Why use borde here rather than skulle?