Breakdown of Hon drömmer om att resa utomlands.
hon
she
att
to (before a verb)
resa
to travel
utomlands
abroad
Questions & Answers about Hon drömmer om att resa utomlands.
Why does Swedish use the infinitive "att resa" here instead of a word ending in "-ing" like the English translation?
In English, prepositions like "of" are usually followed by a gerund (an "-ing" word, like "traveling"). Swedish doesn't use gerunds. Instead, when a verb action directly follows a preposition, Swedish uses the preposition plus att and the infinitive verb. Here, that rule gives us om att resa.
Is om the only preposition you can use with drömma?
Yes, drömmer om is the fixed phrase for both "dreams of" (goals and aspirations, as in this sentence) and "dreams about" (the literal dreams you have while sleeping).
Since she is traveling to another country, why isn't there a preposition like till before utomlands?
The word utomlands is an adverb meaning "abroad" or "in/to foreign countries." It already contains the idea of direction or location built into the word itself. Adding till would be redundant, much like saying "traveling to abroad" in English.