Breakdown of Skogsbruket är hållbart, förutsatt att vi inte ignorerar riktlinjen.
vara
to be
vi
we
inte
not
ignorera
to ignore
Questions & Answers about Skogsbruket är hållbart, förutsatt att vi inte ignorerar riktlinjen.
What exactly does förutsatt att mean here, and how is it different from om (if)?
Förutsatt att means "provided that" or "assuming that." While you could functionally use om (if) here, förutsatt att is stronger and slightly more formal. It emphasizes that the first part of the sentence (forestry being sustainable) is only true on the strict premise of the second part.
Why does the negation inte come before the verb ignorerar?
Because förutsatt att introduces a subordinate clause (dependent clause). This triggers the classic Swedish word order rule often called the "BIFF rule", which dictates that in subordinate clauses, sentence adverbs like inte must be placed before the conjugated verb (ignorerar). In a regular main clause, it would be vi ignorerar inte.
Why does the adjective hållbart (sustainable) end in a -t?
It has to agree with the noun it describes, skogsbruket (the forestry). Because skogsbruk is an ett word—which you can easily spot by the definite suffix -et at the end of the word—the adjective must take the neuter -t ending.
How is the compound word skogsbruket formed?