Breakdown of Vem är det som får veta att förrädaren försöker avkoda meddelandet?
vara
to be
det
it (neuter)
vem
who
veta
to know (facts, information)
försöka
to try
meddelandet
the message
att
that
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
få
to get to (do something)
förrädaren
the traitor
avkoda
to decode
Questions & Answers about Vem är det som får veta att förrädaren försöker avkoda meddelandet?
Why does the Swedish sentence use får veta to mean "finds out"?
Swedish doesn't use a direct translation of "finds out" for discovering information. Instead, it uses the auxiliary verb få with a bare infinitive of perception or knowledge, like veta (to know). The phrase får veta literally means "gets to know," representing the moment you acquire the information.
Why use the longer phrase Vem är det som får veta instead of just Vem får veta?
While Vem får veta is grammatically fine, Vem är det som... (Who is it that...) is a cleft sentence structure. Swedes use this extensively to put emphasis on the question word, making it sound much more natural and conversational when you want to highlight the identity of the person finding out.
Why isn't there an att (to) before the infinitive avkoda?
After the verb försöka (to try), the infinitive marker att is technically optional but very frequently dropped. In modern spoken and written Swedish, försöker often acts almost like an auxiliary verb followed directly by a bare infinitive like avkoda.
Why does the definite form förrädaren only add an -n instead of the usual -en?
The root noun is förrädare (traitor). Nouns ending in an unstressed -are (which usually denote a person doing an action) belong to a specific declension group. To make them definite singular, you only add an -n to avoid an awkward double vowel sound.
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