Breakdown of Med undantag av kolhydraterna är maten hälsosam.
vara
to be
maten
the food
hälsosam
healthy (promoting health)
med undantag av
with the exception of
kolhydraten
the carbohydrate
Questions & Answers about Med undantag av kolhydraterna är maten hälsosam.
How does med undantag av compare to bortsett från in this context?
Both mean except for or apart from and can often be used interchangeably. Med undantag av (with the exception of) sounds slightly more formal or precise than bortsett från (apart from). In this sentence about nutrition, either works perfectly well.
Why does är come before maten here?
This is the classic V2 (verb-second) rule in action. Because the entire prepositional phrase Med undantag av kolhydraterna takes up the first position in the sentence, the main verb är must immediately follow it, pushing the subject maten to the third position.
Why use hälsosam instead of frisk for healthy?
In Swedish, hälsosam describes things that promote good health, like food, diets, or exercise habits. Frisk is used to describe a living being that is currently well and not sick. Since food cannot catch a cold, it must be hälsosam, not frisk.
Does the noun after med undantag av always have to be in the definite form, like kolhydraterna?
No, it depends entirely on what you want to say. Here it is kolhydraterna (the carbohydrates) because the sentence refers to the specific carbs in this particular meal. If you were making a general statement about all carbs, you would use the indefinite plural kolhydrater.
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