Breakdown of Uthållighet och kondition är viktigt, oavsett hur fort du springer.
vara
to be
du
you (singular)
och
and
hur
how
springa
to run
viktig
important
fort
fast (adverb)
oavsett
regardless of
uthålligheten
the endurance
konditionen
the fitness
Questions & Answers about Uthållighet och kondition är viktigt, oavsett hur fort du springer.
How does oavsett work in this sentence?
Here, oavsett acts as a conjunction introducing an indirect question (hur fort du springer). Just like "regardless of" in English, it tells us that the main statement remains true no matter what the answer to that indirect question happens to be.
Why is the word order du springer instead of springer du?
Because hur fort du springer is an indirect question, which functions as a subordinate clause. In Swedish subordinate clauses, the subject (du) must come before the verb (springer). If it were a standalone direct question, the verb would come first: Hur fort springer du?
Uthållighet and kondition are both en-words, and there are two of them. Why is the adjective viktigt in the neuter singular form rather than the plural viktiga?
This is a special Swedish rule for abstract concepts and uncountable nouns. Even though there are two nouns here, they are being discussed together as a broad, general phenomenon. When making a general statement about an activity or an abstract idea, Swedish defaults to the neuter singular (ett-form) for the adjective, which is why we see viktigt.
Is kondition a false friend for the English word "condition"?
Yes, it often is. In the context of sports and health, kondition (often shortened to kondis in everyday speech) specifically means cardiovascular fitness or aerobic endurance. If you want to talk about the physical state or "condition" of an object, like a used car or a building, you should use the word skick instead.
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