Breakdown of Vi kom överens om ett pris.
ett
a, an (neuter)
vi
we
priset
the price
komma överens om
to agree on
Questions & Answers about Vi kom överens om ett pris.
I always confuse komma överens and hålla med. Why is kom överens used here?
Hålla med means to share an opinion, like saying "you are right." Komma överens means to reach a mutual agreement, compromise, or settlement, which fits perfectly when negotiating a price.
Why is the preposition om used instead of på for "on"?
While English says you agree "on" a price, the Swedish expression komma överens pairs with om when specifying what the agreement is about. It helps to think of it as agreeing "about" a price.
Where does the emphasis go when speaking the phrase kom överens?
Because komma överens is a particle verb, the spoken stress falls heavily on the particle överens, rather than on the verb kom.
If I wanted to make this sentence negative, where would the word inte go?
You would place it directly after the verb and before the particle, making it Vi kom inte överens om ett pris. Sentence adverbs like inte usually split the verb and its particle in a main clause.
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