Breakdown of Vet du om det går att kombinera bevattningen och dräneringen i samma system?
du
you (singular)
och
and
i
in
veta
to know (facts, information)
systemet
the system
om
if, whether
samma
same
det går att
it is possible to
kombinera
to combine
dräneringen
the drainage
bevattningen
the irrigation
Questions & Answers about Vet du om det går att kombinera bevattningen och dräneringen i samma system?
Why use går (goes) here instead of a word for "possible"?
The phrase det går att + infinitive is the most natural way in everyday Swedish to say that something is practically feasible or "can be done". While you could theoretically say är det möjligt att kombinera, using det går att sounds much more idiomatic.
Does the construction det går att always take the infinitive marker att?
Yes. Unlike modal verbs such as kan (can) which take a bare infinitive (e.g., det kan kombineras), the verb går requires att before the infinitive verb kombinera.
Why is it samma system and not samma systemet?
This is a classic exception to remember! The adjective samma (same) is always followed by a noun in its indefinite form. Even though we say "the same system" in English, Swedish uses the indefinite system here.
Why does Swedish use the definite forms bevattningen and dräneringen here?
Swedish often uses the definite form for abstract concepts or processes when discussing a specific real-world instance. We are talking about the specific irrigation and drainage for this setup, so they take the definite -en suffix.
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