Breakdown of Skogsarbetaren är nöjd, förutsatt att avverkningen är ekologisk.
vara
to be
nöjd
satisfied
avverkningen
the logging
förutsatt att
provided that
ekologisk
ecological
skogsarbetaren
the forestry worker
Questions & Answers about Skogsarbetaren är nöjd, förutsatt att avverkningen är ekologisk.
How does förutsatt att relate to under förutsättning att, which is also taught in this lesson?
förutsatt att comes from the verb att förutsätta (to assume or presuppose). Literally meaning 'assumed that', it is interchangeable with the slightly more formal under förutsättning att ('under the prerequisite that'), though förutsatt att is shorter and more common in everyday speech.
If we wanted to say 'provided that the logging is NOT ecological', where would inte go?
Because förutsatt att acts as a subordinating conjunction, it triggers subordinate clause word order. Following the BIFF rule, a sentence adverb like inte must go before the finite verb: ...förutsatt att avverkningen inte är ekologisk.
Why is there an s in the middle of skogsarbetaren?
The s is a very common linking consonant used to glue two words together into a compound noun. Here, it smoothly connects skog (forest) and arbetaren (the worker).
What is the root verb of the noun avverkningen?
The noun comes from the verb att avverka, which means to fell or harvest trees. Adding the -ning suffix creates the noun en avverkning (a logging/felling), and the final -en makes it definite (the logging).
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