Breakdown of Placeringen tatueraren rekommenderar är bra.
vara
to be
bra
good / well
rekommendera
to recommend
tatueraren
the tattoo artist
placeringen
the placement
Questions & Answers about Placeringen tatueraren rekommenderar är bra.
Where exactly is the relative pronoun som missing in this sentence?
It is omitted between Placeringen and tatueraren. The full phrase would be Placeringen som tatueraren rekommenderar. Because som acts as the object of the relative clause (the tattoo artist recommends it), it can be safely dropped, just like dropping "that" in English: "The placement [that] the tattoo artist recommends."
Having two definite nouns right next to each other (Placeringen tatueraren) looks strange. Is this common?
Yes, it is very common when you drop som. Because the connecting word is gone, the main noun (Placeringen) bumps directly into the subject of the relative clause (tatueraren). When reading or listening to Swedish, spotting two standalone nouns colliding like this is your best clue that a som has been left out.
Why doesn't the V2 (verb-second) rule force the verb rekommenderar to come immediately after Placeringen?
rekommenderar is the verb for the relative clause ([som] tatueraren rekommenderar), not the main clause. The entire phrase Placeringen [som] tatueraren rekommenderar acts as one giant subject block. The V2 rule applies to the main verb of the sentence, which is är, correctly sitting in the second position right after that whole subject block.
As a quick refresher, why does tatuerare become tatueraren in the definite form?
Professions or agent nouns ending in -are (like läkare or lärare) are en-words, but they only take an -n in the singular definite form to avoid an awkward double vowel. So en tatuerare becomes tatueraren rather than "tatuerareen".
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