Breakdown of Vi är missnöjda med misskötseln på kontoret.
vara
to be
vi
we
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
kontoret
the office
med
with
missnöjd
dissatisfied
misskötseln
the mismanagement
Questions & Answers about Vi är missnöjda med misskötseln på kontoret.
How does the prefix miss- affect the adjective nöjda here?
The prefix miss- acts like 'mis-' or 'dis-' in English, giving a word a negative or 'badly done' meaning. Here, it attaches to the root adjective nöjd (satisfied) to create missnöjd (dissatisfied). Because the subject is Vi (we), the adjective takes the plural agreement ending -a.
If misskötseln is made of miss- and skötsel, shouldn't there be three 's's?
No, because Swedish spelling rules strictly forbid three identical consonants in a row within a single word. When the prefix miss- is attached to the noun skötsel (care or management), one 's' must be dropped, resulting in misskötsel rather than 'missskötsel'.
Why is the preposition med used after missnöjda?
The adjective nöjd (satisfied) and its negative form missnöjd are consistently paired with the preposition med in Swedish. Whenever you want to say you are (dis)satisfied with something, the fixed grammatical pattern is att vara missnöjd med något.
Why do we use the preposition på for kontoret instead of i?
When referring to a workplace, department, or public institution, Swedish generally uses the preposition på. Even though an office is a physical room you can be inside, you say på kontoret because it is being thought of as a place of work and activity rather than just a physical box.
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