Word
Hon hatar hyckleriet och vägrar manipulera andra.
Meaning
She hates the hypocrisy and refuses to manipulate others.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hon hatar hyckleriet och vägrar manipulera andra.
hon
she
och
and
annan
other / another (en-word)
vägra
to refuse
Questions & Answers about Hon hatar hyckleriet och vägrar manipulera andra.
The current lesson covers phrases with 'sådan'. How would you change the first clause to exclaim 'She hates such hypocrisy!'?
You would say Hon hatar sådant hyckleri! Because hyckleri is an ett-word, we use the neuter form sådant (or the shorter spoken form sånt). Notice that the noun drops its definite -et ending here, as sådan must be followed by an indefinite noun.
Why is there no att (to) before manipulera?
In Swedish, vägra (to refuse) links directly to a bare infinitive without needing att. English says 'refuses to manipulate', but Swedish simply says vägrar manipulera. Other common verbs that skip att include sluta (to stop) and börja (to begin).
English often just says 'hypocrisy' generally. Why might Swedish use the definite form hyckleriet?
While the English translation here uses 'the hypocrisy' to point to a specific situation, Swedish heavily prefers the definite form for abstract concepts even when speaking generally. So hon hatar hyckleriet can mean she hates the specific hypocrisy present, or simply that she hates hypocrisy in general.
Can andra stand alone like this without a noun?