Word
Vi fick aldrig veta om de lyckades avkoda filen.
Meaning
We never found out if they managed to decode the file.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Vi fick aldrig veta om de lyckades avkoda filen.
vi
we
de
they
veta
to know (facts, information)
aldrig
never
Questions & Answers about Vi fick aldrig veta om de lyckades avkoda filen.
Why does the sentence use fick veta to mean "found out"?
When used as an auxiliary verb before a verb of knowing or perceiving, få indicates the start of an action or state. So få veta literally means "get to know" or "come to know," which is the standard way to say "find out" in Swedish.
Why is aldrig placed between the two verbs fick and veta?
In a main clause, a sentence adverb like aldrig must go immediately after the conjugated verb (fick). The second verb, which is in the infinitive (veta), is placed right after the adverb.
Does the -s on lyckades mean it is in the passive voice?
No, lyckas (to manage or succeed) is a deponent verb. This means it always ends in an -s but has an active meaning. In the past tense, it becomes lyckades.
Why is there no att before avkoda?
The verb lyckas is often followed directly by a bare infinitive. You might sometimes see the longer phrase lyckades med att avkoda (managed with decoding), but dropping both med and att is very common and sounds natural here.