Visst var jag glad att vi bokat glampingen, men myggorna var irriterande.
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Breakdown of Visst var jag glad att vi bokat glampingen, men myggorna var irriterande.
jag
I
vara
to be
vi
we
glad
happy
men
but
att
that
boka
to book
irriterande
annoying
visst
certainly
glampingen
the glamping
myggan
the mosquito
Questions & Answers about Visst var jag glad att vi bokat glampingen, men myggorna var irriterande.
How does the visst ... men ... structure work here?
In this lesson, visst means 'admittedly' or 'sure'. It is used to acknowledge a point before countering it with men (but). So the structure visst [X], men [Y] translates to 'Admittedly [X] is true, but [Y]'.
Why is the word order Visst var jag instead of Visst jag var?
Shouldn't it be att vi hade bokat instead of just att vi bokat?
You can use either! In Swedish subordinate clauses (clauses starting with words like att), it is a very common B2-level feature to completely drop the auxiliary verbs har or hade. So att vi bokat means exactly the same thing as att vi hade bokat (that we had booked).
How do English loanwords like 'glamping' take definite articles in Swedish?
English loanwords ending in '-ing' are almost always treated as common gender (en-words) in Swedish. To make the word definite ('the glamping'), you just add the standard -en suffix to the end, resulting in glampingen.
Is irriterande an adjective here, and why doesn't it have a plural ending to match myggorna?
It functions as an adjective meaning 'annoying', but it is formed as a present participle (a verb form ending in -ande or -ende, similar to English words ending in '-ing'). Unlike regular adjectives, present participles never change their endings to match the gender or number of the noun. It stays irriterande even though the subject myggorna (the mosquitoes) is plural.
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