Question 1

Why is "most" translated as de flesta here instead of mest?

Accepted Answer

In Swedish, you must use de flesta for countable things (like shareholders, cars, or days). Mest is reserved for uncountable nouns (like water, money, or time).

Question 2

Since de flesta starts with the definite article de, why is aktieägare in the indefinite form?

Accepted Answer

The phrase de flesta is a special case and is always followed by the indefinite plural form of the noun. So you must say de flesta aktieägare, even though in English you might say "most of the shareholders".

Question 3

How does the plural of aktieägare (shareholder) work?

Accepted Answer

It is a compound of en aktie (a share/stock) and en ägare (an owner). For Swedish nouns ending in -are (which usually denote people based on their action or role), the indefinite plural is exactly the same as the singular. So one owner is en ägare and several owners are flera ägare.

Question 4

What is the root of the word förvärvet (the acquisition)?

Accepted Answer

It comes from the noun ett förvärv, which in turn comes from the formal verb att förvärva (to acquire or gain). Because it takes the -et ending here, you can easily tell it is an ett-word.

Question 5

If I added Oaktat detta (Notwithstanding this) to the beginning of the sentence to practice this lesson's grammar, how would the word order change?

Accepted Answer

It would become: Oaktat detta gillar de flesta aktieägare inte förvärvet. Because the phrase Oaktat detta takes up the first position in the sentence, the V2 (verb-second) rule forces the verb gillar to come immediately before the subject de flesta aktieägare. Notice that the negation inte also shifts to come right after the subject.

De flesta aktieägare gillar inte förvärvet.

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