Breakdown of Arbetsgivarna vägrar att skriva under kollektivavtalet, vilket gör facket argt.
göra
to do, to make
att
to
arg
angry
vilket
which (ett) / what a (ett-word, exclamatory)
skriva under
to sign
vägra
to refuse
facket
the union
arbetsgivaren
the employer
kollektivavtalet
the collective agreement
Questions & Answers about Arbetsgivarna vägrar att skriva under kollektivavtalet, vilket gör facket argt.
Why is the definite plural arbetsgivarna and not "arbetsgivarena"?
Arbetsgivare (employer) is a Group 5 noun ending in -are. When forming the definite plural (the employers), the final -e is dropped before adding the suffix -na. This letter-dropping (syncopation) makes it arbetsgivarna instead of the clunky "arbetsgivarena".
Is skriva under a particle verb here, and how does that change how I say it?
Yes, skriva under (to sign) is a particle verb. This means the spoken stress falls heavily on the particle under, not on the verb skriva. If you stress skriva, it sounds like you are physically writing underneath something, rather than signing a document.
Why use vilket here for "which" instead of the usual som?
Vilket is used here because "which" refers back to the entire preceding clause (the fact that the employers refuse to sign), rather than a specific noun. If "which" referred specifically to the agreement itself, you would use som.
Why does the adjective argt have a "t" at the end?
Argt (angry) describes the noun facket (the union). Because fack is an ett-word (which we can see from its definite ending in facket), the adjective describing it must also take the ett-form, adding a -t to become argt.
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