Vi har ingen målgrupp alls för den här produkten.
We have no target audience at all for this product.
Breakdown of Vi har ingen målgrupp alls för den här produkten.
vi
we
ha
to have
för
for, to
den här
this (en)
ingen
no, none (en-word)
produkten
the product
alls
at all
målgruppen
the target audience
Questions & Answers about Vi har ingen målgrupp alls för den här produkten.
How does alls work with ingen in this sentence?
In this lesson, alls adds emphasis, meaning "at all". When negating a noun, we use ingen (or inget / inga) plus the noun, followed immediately by alls. So ingen målgrupp alls means "no target audience at all". If we were negating a verb or adjective instead, we would use inte alls.
Could we say inte en målgrupp alls instead of ingen målgrupp alls?
It is strongly preferred to use ingen here. Just as "no target audience at all" flows much better in English than "not a target audience at all", Swedish relies on ingen, inget, or inga directly with the noun for absolute negative statements.
Why is the noun in the definite form (produkten) after den här?
In Swedish, demonstrative pronouns like den här (this) and den där (that) require the noun that follows to be in the definite form. Even though English just says "this product", Swedish grammar requires the equivalent of "this the-product" (den här produkten).
What determines the use of ingen here instead of inget?
It depends on the gender of the noun being negated. The word for target audience is en målgrupp (an en-word). Therefore, we must use the en-form ingen. If the noun were an ett-word, like ett intresse (an interest), we would say inget intresse alls (no interest at all).
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