Breakdown of Upptäckten var livsavgörande eftersom den kom att bota sjukdomen.
vara
to be
den
it (common)
eftersom
since, because
upptäckten
the discovery
sjukdomen
the disease
bota
to cure
komma att
came to, ended up (doing something)
livsavgörande
life-changing
Questions & Answers about Upptäckten var livsavgörande eftersom den kom att bota sjukdomen.
How does kom att bota work here to show a past consequence?
The phrase kom att followed by an infinitive shows that something eventually happened as a natural result or historical progression, rather than from a direct, immediate intention. In this sentence, it tells us that the discovery 'would eventually' or 'ended up' curing the disease as events unfolded over time.
How is the compound word livsavgörande built?
It is made from liv (life) and the present participle avgörande (deciding or decisive), linked by the connecting letter s. Together, it literally means 'life-deciding,' which we normally translate as 'life-changing'. Because it is a present participle ending in -ande, its adjective form never changes to match gender or plurality.
Why is the pronoun den used instead of det for 'it' in the second clause?
The pronoun refers back to upptäckten (the discovery). Since upptäckt is an en word, we must use den to say 'it'. If the clause were referring back to an ett word, you would use det instead.
If the discovery had not cured the disease, where would inte go in the eftersom clause?
Because eftersom starts a subordinate clause, the Swedish BIFF rule applies. This rule states that sentence adverbs like inte must come before the first conjugated verb. Therefore, the negative version would be eftersom den inte kom att bota sjukdomen.
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