Word
Vem försökte svindlaren komma undan från?
Meaning
Who did the swindler try to get away from?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Vem försökte svindlaren komma undan från?
vem
who
försöka
to try
från
from
svindlaren
the swindler
Questions & Answers about Vem försökte svindlaren komma undan från?
Like låtsas in this lesson, försökte is followed here by a bare infinitive (komma). Could we use att?
Yes, you can say försökte att komma. While försöka traditionally takes att + infinitive, it is extremely common in everyday Swedish to drop the att entirely, just like the deponent verb låtsas can take a bare infinitive.
Why is the preposition från left dangling at the very end of the sentence?
Just like in English, it is perfectly natural in Swedish to leave the preposition at the end of a clause when the question word (Vem) is its object. You could technically write Från vem försökte svindlaren komma undan?, but that sounds extremely formal and stiff in modern Swedish.
Is komma undan a particle verb, and how does that affect pronunciation?
Yes, komma undan (to get away / to escape) is a particle verb. Because of this, the spoken stress must fall heavily on the particle undan, rather than on the verb komma.
How is the word svindlaren constructed?