Breakdown of Reglerna gäller för alla respondenter.
alla
all
för
for, to
regeln
the rule
gälla
to be valid, to apply
Questions & Answers about Reglerna gäller för alla respondenter.
Why is the preposition för used here instead of till for 'apply to'?
In Swedish, the verb gäller (applies / is valid) pairs with the preposition för when stating who or what a rule affects. Direct translations of 'to' like till do not work here. You can also use gäller without a preposition, as in reglerna gäller alla respondenter, but adding för is very common and natural.
Why does the word for 'the rules' drop a letter compared to the singular regel?
The singular word is en regel. Nouns ending in -el, -en, or -er usually drop their final unstressed vowel in the plural to make pronunciation smoother. So regel becomes the plural regler, and adding the definite suffix makes it reglerna (the rules).
How would I expand this sentence using the current lesson's focus word, varav (of which), to say that some respondents are students?
You would place a comma after the main clause and use varav to introduce the subset. For example: Reglerna gäller för alla respondenter, varav några är studenter (The rules apply to all respondents, of which some are students). This creates a formal relative clause directly linking back to the group of respondenter.
What dictates the plural ending for the word respondenter?