Breakdown of Hon bryr sig om underhållningen snarare än om månadskostnaden.
hon
she
än
than
bry sig om
to care about
snarare
rather
Questions & Answers about Hon bryr sig om underhållningen snarare än om månadskostnaden.
Why is the preposition om repeated after snarare än?
This connects to how snarare än works. It acts as a coordinating conjunction (similar to 'and' or 'but') and requires both sides of the comparison to have a parallel syntactic structure. Since she cares om underhållningen, the second half must match by including the preposition: om månadskostnaden.
Could I drop the second om and just say '...snarare än månadskostnaden'?
While you might hear native speakers drop the second preposition in casual speech, it makes the sentence grammatically unbalanced. Because snarare än compares two equivalent grammatical units, keeping the second om is the correct way to write and speak at a B2 level.
Why is the word sig included in this sentence?
It is part of the reflexive phrasal verb att bry sig om, which means 'to care about'. You must include the reflexive pronoun (in this case, sig to match hon) because without it, the standalone verb bry means 'to bother' or 'to tease'.
Why does månadskostnaden have an 's' in the middle of it?
This is a compound noun made from månad (month) and kostnaden (the cost). The s is a joining letter, often called a fog-s, which is frequently inserted when sticking two nouns together in Swedish to make pronunciation smoother.