Breakdown of Om vi tittar på diagrammet, ser vi minoriteten.
vi
we
titta på
to look at
se
to see
om
if, whether
diagrammet
the chart
minoriteten
the minority
Questions & Answers about Om vi tittar på diagrammet, ser vi minoriteten.
Why is the word order ser vi instead of vi ser after the comma?
The first part of the sentence (Om vi tittar på diagrammet) is a subordinate clause that acts as the first block of information. Because Swedish is a V2 language where the verb must come in the second position, the main verb ser has to immediately follow the comma, pushing the subject vi after it.
Is diagram an en-word or an ett-word?
How could I naturally continue this sentence to describe a portion of that minority using the lesson's focus word, varav?
You can add a comma followed by varav to specify a subset of the minority group you just mentioned. For example: ...ser vi minoriteten, varav de flesta är studenter (...we see the minority, of which most are students).
Could I drop the word på and just say tittar diagrammet?
No, just like in English where you look at something, the Swedish verb tittar requires the preposition på when you are specifying what is being looked at. Without it, the sentence sounds incomplete and grammatically broken.
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