Breakdown of Försäkringen täcker varken vattenskadan eller brandskadan.
eller
or
varken
neither
täcka
to cover
försäkringen
the insurance
Questions & Answers about Försäkringen täcker varken vattenskadan eller brandskadan.
Why isn't there an inte in this sentence to make it negative?
The phrase varken ... eller (neither ... nor) already carries the negative meaning. When it acts as the object of the verb, as it does here, Swedish has a strict constraint meaning you cannot add inte. Saying täcker inte varken is incorrect; you just use the affirmative verb täcker.
If I wanted to phrase this like the English 'doesn't cover either A or B', how would I do that in Swedish?
You wouldn't change the Swedish wording at all. Swedish doesn't use a structure like inte antingen ... eller for this meaning. You must use the affirmative verb plus varken ... eller, so this sentence naturally translates both 'covers neither A nor B' and 'doesn't cover either A or B'.
Both vattenskadan and brandskadan end in -an. What is the base form of these words?
The base form is skada (damage), which is an en-word. Because it ends in a vowel, it takes just an -n to become the definite singular skadan (the damage). Here it is used in two common compound nouns: vattenskada (water damage) and brandskada (fire damage).
Is the verb täcker used the same way as 'cover' in English?
Yes, att täcka is very versatile. Just like in English, it can mean 'to cover' in a financial or administrative sense (like insurance covering a claim), and it can also mean to physically cover something, like snow covering the ground.