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Visst oroar han sig för myggorna, men bekvämligheten är fantastisk.

Visst oroar han sig för myggorna, men bekvämligheten är fantastisk.
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From Lesson 419:Concessions (visst ..., men ...)·Swedish

Breakdown of Visst oroar han sig för myggorna, men bekvämligheten är fantastisk.

vara
to be
han
he
men
but
för
for, to
fantastisk
fantastic
visst
certainly
oroa sig
to worry
bekvämligheten
the comfort
myggan
the mosquito

Questions & Answers about Visst oroar han sig för myggorna, men bekvämligheten är fantastisk.

How does the visst ..., men ... structure work in this sentence?
In this context, visst means "admittedly" or "true", setting up a concession. The structure visst [X], men [Y] is used to say "Admittedly [X], but [Y]". It allows the speaker to acknowledge a drawback (worrying about mosquitoes) before overriding it with a stronger positive point (the fantastic comfort).
Why is the word order oroar han instead of han oroar?
Because visst acts as an adverb placed at the very beginning of the main clause, it triggers the V2 (verb-second) rule. The verb oroar must come immediately after it in the second position, pushing the subject han to the third position.
What happens to the reflexive pronoun sig when the V2 rule changes the word order?
The verb is oroa sig (to worry). When the sentence undergoes inversion (verb before subject), the subject steps right into the middle of the verb phrase. This gives us the strict word order of verb (oroar), then subject (han), then the reflexive pronoun (sig).
Is för always the preposition used with oroa sig?
Yes, when you want to express what someone is worried "about", Swedish strictly uses the preposition för. While om often translates to "about" in other contexts, using it with oroa sig would sound unnatural to a native speaker.
Why use the definite form bekvämligheten instead of just bekvämlighet?
Bekvämligheten means "the comfort". Even though comfort is an abstract concept, Swedish uses the definite form here because it refers to the specific comfort of the situation being discussed, not just comfort in general.

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