{"id":173,"date":"2009-03-03T00:40:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T04:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=173"},"modified":"2009-03-03T00:40:05","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T04:40:05","slug":"word-order-in-subordinate-clauses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/word-order-in-subordinate-clauses\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Order in Subordinate Clauses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when we talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/if-om-adverbial-clauses\/\" target=\"_blank\">adverbial clauses<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, boring grammar stuff today, sorry! But we haven\u2019t quite finished with the subject, and actually, the bit we will discuss today is interesting. What, you didn\u2019t know that grammar can be interesting? Don\u2019t believe me? Just wait and see for yourself! (And it\u2019s easy, too \u2013 I promise!)<\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s dig out the last example from that previous post. Here it is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jag blir arg, om han kommer hit.<\/strong> \u2013 I get mad if he comes here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last time I told you about word order in such sentences. And then I mentioned that it gets all goofy when you add \u201c<strong>inte<\/strong>\u201d to the mix in that subordinate clause.<\/p>\n<p>So, what happens is you want to say: I get mad if he doesn\u2019t come here? Watch this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jag blir arg om han <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">inte<\/span> kommer hit.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the odd location of \u201c<strong>inte<\/strong>\u201d in this example? It\u2019s because \u201c<strong>inte<\/strong>\u201d is technically a sentence adverbial, and as such <strong>it is ALWAYS positioned BEFORE the verb in a subordinate clause.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other examples of sentence adverbials are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> alltid,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> ofta<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> aldrig<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and other similar words.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you want to say that you get mad, because he always comes late, how would you do it? Like that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Jag blir arg, eftersom han <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">alltid<\/span> kommer f\u00f6r sent.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And just like \u201c<strong>inte<\/strong>,\u201d this \u201c<strong>alltid<\/strong>\u201d when used in a subordinate clause ends up <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>BEFORE<\/strong><\/span> the verb.<\/p>\n<p>And if you want to say that you DON\u2019T get angry if he doesn\u2019t come here? Easy!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Jag blir inte arg om han <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">inte<\/span> kommer hit.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See? It\u2019s only in the subordinate clause that \u201c<strong>inte<\/strong>\u201d moves to the front of the verb.<\/p>\n<p>Now, that wasn\u2019t that bad, was it?<br \/>\nEasy peasy. But oddly enough, this word order bit is one of the most common mistakes that non-native speakers of Swedish tend to make. So, get this one right and you can make a very good impression by showing how <strong>duktig<\/strong> you are. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>PS. When you read this post I will be moving house and most likely without an internet connection for a few days. I will be back here posting as usual <strong>vecka<\/strong> 11. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vi ses!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when we talked about adverbial clauses? Yes, boring grammar stuff today, sorry! But we haven\u2019t quite finished with the subject, and actually, the bit we will discuss today is interesting. What, you didn\u2019t know that grammar can be interesting? Don\u2019t believe me? Just wait and see for yourself! 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