Breakdown of Månadskostnaden blir allt högre, så vi vill avsluta kontot snarare än uppgradera det.
det
it (neuter)
vi
we
vilja
to want to
hög
high / loudly
så
so
bli
to become
än
than
allt
increasingly
kontot
the account
avsluta
to end
snarare
rather
uppgradera
to upgrade
månadskostnaden
the monthly cost
Questions & Answers about Månadskostnaden blir allt högre, så vi vill avsluta kontot snarare än uppgradera det.
How does snarare än affect the verbs in this sentence?
Snarare än (rather than) requires a parallel structure, meaning the items it connects must be in the same grammatical form. Here, it connects the two actions we want to do (or not do). Since the first action, avsluta (cancel), is in the infinitive form because of the auxiliary verb vill (want to), the second action, uppgradera (upgrade), must also be in the infinitive.
Why isn't there an att (to) before uppgradera?
Because of the strict parallel structure created by snarare än, the verb uppgradera shares the earlier auxiliary verb vill (want to). We never use att after vill, so we say vill avsluta... snarare än uppgradera, essentially meaning 'we want to [cancel] rather than [upgrade]'.
Why is the word allt used before högre?
When you place allt before a comparative adjective like högre (higher), it means 'increasingly' or 'ever'. So allt högre is a fixed way to say 'increasingly higher' or 'higher and higher'.
Why is the word order så vi vill and not så vill vi? Doesn't Swedish require the verb in the second position?
Swedish does have the V2 (verb-second) rule, but så (so) acts as a coordinating conjunction here, joining two independent clauses. Like och (and) or men (but), it sits outside the new clause and doesn't count as the first position. Therefore, the subject vi is in position 1, followed correctly by the verb vill in position 2.
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