Breakdown of Försäkringsbolaget godkänner varken denna skadeanmälan eller det andra avtalet.
eller
or
annan
other / another (en-word)
det
the (with ett-words)
varken
neither
godkänna
to approve
avtalet
the agreement
denna
this (common)
skadeanmälan
the claim form
försäkringsbolaget
the insurance company
Questions & Answers about Försäkringsbolaget godkänner varken denna skadeanmälan eller det andra avtalet.
Is it ever correct to include inte in this sentence, like godkänner inte varken...?
No. When varken ... eller (neither ... nor) acts as the object of a main verb like godkänner, it carries the negative meaning all by itself. Adding inte here would create a double negative, which is grammatically incorrect in standard Swedish.
Why does denna take the indefinite noun skadeanmälan, but det andra takes the definite noun avtalet?
This perfectly shows the difference between two ways of pointing things out in Swedish. The demonstrative denna/detta/dessa strictly requires the indefinite form of the noun (denna skadeanmälan). However, when you use den/det/de with an adjective like andra, you must use the definite suffix on the noun as well, resulting in the double definite det andra avtalet.
How do you break down the word skadeanmälan?
It is a compound of skada (damage/injury) and anmälan (report/notification). When a word ending in -a like skada is the first part of a compound noun, that -a usually changes to a linking -e-, creating skadeanmälan.
If I moved Varken denna skadeanmälan eller det andra avtalet to the start of the sentence for emphasis, what would the word order be?
Because Swedish has a strict V2 (verb-second) rule, that entire long phrase counts as the first block of information. The verb must immediately follow it to take the second position: Varken denna skadeanmälan eller det andra avtalet godkänner försäkringsbolaget.
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