Word
Vi kan adoptera en hemlös hund, förutsatt att vi har tid.
Meaning
We can adopt a homeless dog, provided that we have time.
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Breakdown of Vi kan adoptera en hemlös hund, förutsatt att vi har tid.
vi
we
en
a, an (common)
hunden
the dog
ha
to have
Questions & Answers about Vi kan adoptera en hemlös hund, förutsatt att vi har tid.
If we start the sentence with kanske to say Maybe we can adopt..., how does it affect the word order?
Usually, starting a main clause with an adverb triggers the V2 rule, forcing the verb into the second position. However, kanske is a major exception. It frequently allows V3 word order, meaning you can say Kanske vi kan adoptera... without swapping the subject and verb. You can also use the traditional V2 order (Kanske kan vi...), but the V3 exception is very common in everyday speech.
Where does the phrase förutsatt att come from?
It is built from the verb förutsätta, which means to assume or to presuppose. The word förutsatt is the past participle. When combined with att, it acts as a fixed conjunction meaning provided that or on the condition that (literally presupposed that).
If we wanted to make the second clause negative (provided that we do not have time), where would inte go?
Because förutsatt att introduces a subordinate clause, you need to use the BIFF rule. This rule dictates that sentence adverbs like inte must come before the finite verb in a subordinate clause. Therefore, it becomes förutsatt att vi inte har tid.
Can I just say en hund utan hem instead of en hemlös hund?