Breakdown of Min gamla pappa funderar på att avsluta abonnemanget.
att
to
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
gammal
old
min
my (min/mitt/mina)
pappan
the father
fundera
to think
avsluta
to end
abonnemanget
the subscription
Questions & Answers about Min gamla pappa funderar på att avsluta abonnemanget.
Why does Swedish use att avsluta (to cancel) here when English uses the -ing form (canceling)?
In English, prepositions are followed by a gerund (an -ing verb). Swedish does not use its present participle (the -ande or -ende form) this way. Instead, when a verb directly follows a preposition like på, Swedish uses att plus the infinitive verb. So "thinking about canceling" becomes funderar på att avsluta.
What is the difference between funderar på and tänker på?
Both can translate to "thinking about", but they have different nuances. Funderar på means you are considering, pondering, or contemplating a decision, like whether to cancel a subscription. Tänker på simply means having someone or something in your thoughts, such as when you miss a friend.
Why is the adjective gamla used instead of gammal, given that pappa is a singular word?
This is a quick refresher on adjective rules: possessive pronouns like min always force the following adjective into its definite form, which ends in -a. Even though pappa is a singular en-word, saying min gammal pappa would be grammatically incorrect.
Doesn't avsluta usually mean "to finish" or "to end"?
Yes, avsluta translates literally to "to end" or "to conclude." In Swedish, you do not typically use words like avbryta (to interrupt/abort) or ställa in (to cancel an event) for subscriptions, memberships, or bank accounts. Instead, you "end" them, which makes avsluta the natural verb for canceling an abonnemang.
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