Breakdown of Kapaciteten på reningsverket ökade i takt med att befolkningen växte.
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
växa
to grow
befolkningen
the population
öka
to increase
i takt med att
as / at the same pace as (concurrently)
kapaciteten
the capacity
reningsverket
the treatment plant
Questions & Answers about Kapaciteten på reningsverket ökade i takt med att befolkningen växte.
How does i takt med att work in this sentence compared to just using när or medan?
I takt med att specifically translates to "in pace with" or "as" when showing tandem progression. While medan (while) or när (when) just show two things happening at the same time, i takt med att implies a correlated, gradual change: the plant's capacity increased in direct proportion to the population growing.
Why do we use the preposition på in kapaciteten på reningsverket instead of av for "of"?
In Swedish, you rarely use av to show possession or connection like the English "of". For public institutions, workplaces, and facilities like a treatment plant (reningsverk), the standard preposition is på. It conceptually translates closer to "the capacity at the treatment plant".
How is the compound word reningsverket constructed?
It is made up of rening (purification or cleaning), an -s- used as a joining letter, and verket (the plant or facility). Together, a reningsverk usually refers to a wastewater treatment plant.
If we added a sentence adverb like stadigt (steadily) to the second clause, where would it go?
Because i takt med att introduces a subordinate clause, the BIFF rule applies. This means a sentence adverb comes before the finite verb. You would write: ... i takt med att befolkningen stadigt växte.
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