Breakdown of På grund av att respekten för andra minskat, växer hatet på nätet.
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
annan
other / another (en-word)
för
for, to
växa
to grow
minska
to reduce
nätet
the net
på grund av att
due to the fact that / because
hatet
the hate
respekten
the respect
Questions & Answers about På grund av att respekten för andra minskat, växer hatet på nätet.
Why do we use the preposition för after respekten?
Abstract nouns in Swedish often require specific prepositions that do not always translate directly from English. For the noun respekt (respect), the required preposition to link it to the object of that respect is för. You will see this same preposition used with similar abstract nouns, such as förståelse för (understanding of) or intresse för (interest in).
Why is the auxiliary verb har missing before minskat?
This sentence uses a common rule for written and formal Swedish where the auxiliary verb har or hade is dropped in subordinate clauses. Since this part of the sentence is a subordinate clause triggered by På grund av att, har minskat is neatly shortened to just the supine form minskat.
Why do we need the word att in the phrase På grund av att?
På grund av is a prepositional phrase meaning 'due to' or 'because of', and it must be followed by a noun phrase, like in på grund av regnet (due to the rain). To follow it with a full clause containing a subject and a verb, as we do here with respekten... minskat, you must add the subjunction att.
Why does the main clause start with the verb växer instead of the subject hatet?
This is the Swedish V2 (verb-second) rule in action. The entire subordinate clause before the comma acts as the first block of information in the sentence. To ensure the main verb stays in the strict second position, växer must come immediately after the comma, swapping places with the subject hatet.
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