Breakdown of Medarbetarna är eniga om att förkasta det dåliga förslaget.
vara
to be
att
to
det
the (with ett-words)
om
about
dålig
bad
förslaget
the suggestion
medarbetaren
the employee
förkasta
to reject (ideas, proposals)
enig
united
Questions & Answers about Medarbetarna är eniga om att förkasta det dåliga förslaget.
Why is 'the employees' translated as medarbetarna instead of medarbetarena?
The singular noun is medarbetare, which ends in -are. When making it plural and definite ('the employees'), Swedish drops the final -e before adding the -na ending. This vowel-dropping (syncopation) makes it easier to pronounce, so it becomes medarbetarna.
Why does the sentence use om att förkasta instead of a direct translation for 'in rejecting'?
The adjective enig (united/agreed) is paired with the preposition om in Swedish. When a verb phrase follows this expression, Swedish keeps the preposition and uses att plus the infinitive verb (att förkasta). You cannot directly translate the English preposition 'in' here.
Why does enig have an -a at the end in this sentence?
Eniga is an adjective describing the plural subject medarbetarna (the employees). Because the subject is plural, the adjective must agree with it by taking the plural ending -a.
As a refresher, why do we say det dåliga förslaget with the -et on the noun if we already have det?
This is standard Swedish double definiteness. When you add an adjective to a definite noun, you must use the freestanding definite article (det for an ett-word), the definite form of the adjective (dåliga), and the definite suffix on the noun itself (förslaget).
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