Breakdown of Han försöker att ignorera notisen, gömma mobilen och vara närvarande.
vara
to be
han
he
och
and
att
to
försöka
to try
mobilen
the cell phone
gömma
to hide
ignorera
to ignore
notisen
the notification
närvarande
present
Questions & Answers about Han försöker att ignorera notisen, gömma mobilen och vara närvarande.
Why is there no att before gömma and vara?
When you have a list of infinitive verbs connected by commas and och (and), you only need to use the infinitive marker att before the very first verb. The att is dropped for gömma and vara to make the sentence flow better, exactly like how we say "to ignore, hide, and be" in English rather than repeating "to".
Could I repeat the word att and say "...att ignorera notisen, att gömma mobilen och att vara närvarande"?
Grammatically, yes, it wouldn't be strictly wrong. However, it sounds extremely repetitive and unnatural. Dropping the subsequent att markers is the standard and strongly preferred way to write and speak this kind of coordinated list in Swedish.
Does notisen mean "the notice" or "the note" here?
In traditional contexts, en notis is a short news item or a brief printed note. However, in modern everyday Swedish, especially when talking about mobilen (the mobile phone), it almost always refers to a digital "notification" or "push notification".
What kind of word form is närvarande?
It is a present participle functioning as an adjective, meaning "present." It comes from the verb närvara (to attend or be present). In Swedish, present participles end in -ande or -ende and, conveniently, their spelling never changes to match gender or plurality.
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