Word
Skuggningen du vill ha tar lång tid att läka.
Meaning
The shading you want takes a long time to heal.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Skuggningen du vill ha tar lång tid att läka.
du
you (singular)
ha
to have
att
to
vilja
to want to
Questions & Answers about Skuggningen du vill ha tar lång tid att läka.
Where exactly is the relative pronoun som missing in this sentence, and why is it okay to drop it?
It is omitted between Skuggningen and du. In Swedish, you can drop som when it acts as the object of the relative clause. Because du (you) is the subject doing the wanting, the pronoun refers to the object being wanted and therefore becomes optional.
Why do we use vill ha here instead of just vill for the English word 'want'?
In Swedish, vill behaves like an auxiliary verb meaning 'want to', so it almost always expects an action verb after it. If you want a noun, such as a physical object or a service like shading, you must use vill ha, which literally translates as 'want to have'.
How does the structure of tar lång tid att läka work grammatically?
It maps perfectly to English syntax. Whenever you want to say an action takes a certain amount of time, you use tar (takes) plus the amount of time (lång tid) plus att (to) plus the infinitive verb (läka).
What is the context of the word skuggningen here, given that it is something that needs att läka?
This sentence is almost certainly about getting a tattoo. The noun skuggningen means 'the shading' (coming from en skugga, meaning a shadow), and since it requires healing, it refers to tattooed skin recovering.