Breakdown of Går det att få bärkraften förstärkt i förväg?
få
to get, receive
det går att
it is possible to
i förväg
in advance
förstärka
to reinforce
bärkraften
the load-bearing capacity
Questions & Answers about Går det att få bärkraften förstärkt i förväg?
How does the lesson's focus structure work in the question Går det att få...?
To ask if an action is feasible, you invert the subject and verb of the statement det går att (it is possible to) to get går det att. As taught in this lesson, it is followed by the bare infinitive få, because the infinitive marker att is treated as part of the går det att phrase.
What is the grammar behind the phrase få bärkraften förstärkt?
This uses the Swedish equivalent of the English structure for getting something done. It consists of the verb få, the object bärkraften, and the past participle förstärkt. You use this pattern when arranging for an action to be performed on the object by someone else, rather than doing it yourself.
Does the past participle förstärkt need to agree with the noun here?
Yes! When using a past participle in this way, it acts like an adjective and must agree in gender and number with the noun it describes. Since en kraft is a singular en-word, it takes the singular en-word form. For the verb förstärka, the singular form is förstärkt (if it were plural, it would be förstärkta).
Can I use på förhand instead of i förväg to mean 'in advance'?
Yes, på förhand and i förväg are largely interchangeable. I förväg often emphasizes doing something before a physical event or action takes place, while på förhand is slightly more abstract (like 'beforehand' in English), but both sound totally natural here.
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