Breakdown of Visst är tältet autentiskt, men prislappen för bekvämligheten är enorm.
vara
to be
tältet
the tent
men
but
för
for, to
visst
certainly
enorm
enormous
prislappen
the price tag
autentisk
authentic
bekvämligheten
the comfort
Questions & Answers about Visst är tältet autentiskt, men prislappen för bekvämligheten är enorm.
Why is the verb är placed before the subject tältet in the first clause?
How do we know visst means "admittedly" here, instead of its usual meaning of "sure" or "certainly"?
The meaning shifts because of the pairing with men (but) in the second half of the sentence. This creates the argumentative structure visst X, men Y, which translates to "admittedly X, but Y" or "sure, X is true, but Y".
Why doesn't the word order invert after men?
men is a coordinating conjunction, meaning it joins two separate clauses without counting as part of the second clause's word order. Therefore, the second clause starts fresh with normal subject-verb order: its subject (prislappen) followed by its verb (är).
Why does autentiskt end in a "-t" while enorm does not?
Adjectives must agree with the gender of the nouns they describe. autentiskt gets a neuter -t ending to match the ett-word tältet. enorm takes the base form because it describes prislappen, which is an en-word.
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