Breakdown of Många är besvikna på grund av att förbudet minskar fångsten.
vara
to be
många
many
besviken
disappointed
minska
to reduce
på grund av att
due to the fact that / because
fångsten
the catch
förbudet
the ban
Questions & Answers about Många är besvikna på grund av att förbudet minskar fångsten.
What is the difference between using på grund av and på grund av att here?
På grund av means "due to" or "because of" and must be followed by a noun phrase. By adding att, it becomes a subordinating conjunction (på grund av att) that introduces a full clause with a subject and a verb (förbudet minskar fångsten).
How would the word order change if we added inte (not) to the second part of the sentence?
Because på grund av att introduces a subordinate clause, sentence adverbs like inte must be placed before the verb. It would become: ... på grund av att förbudet inte minskar fångsten (... because the ban does not decrease the catch).
Why does the adjective besvikna end in an -a here?
Besviken (disappointed) acts as an adjective and must agree in number with the subject it describes. Since the subject is många (many [people]), which is plural, the adjective takes the plural ending -a to become besvikna.
Can the verb minskar (decreases) be used if there is no direct object?
Yes! Just like the English word "decrease", the Swedish verb minskar can be used both transitively (with an object, as in this sentence where it affects fångsten) and intransitively (without an object, for example: fångsten minskar - the catch is decreasing).
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