attraction:
A grammatical error often caused by the speaker's losing sight of the true AGREEMENT and becoming distracted by another word.
e.g. Typiskt för detta barn är en viss blyghet.
Here should be typisk, since typisk is predicative for blyghet, which is a n-word.
compound verb
复合动词,有点像德语里面的可分动词。
copular verb
连系动词
formal subject
形式主语
tag question
comes at the end of a statement and invites a response from the listener. In English it's verb+subject. In Swedish va? or eller hur? usually suffice.
supine
is an indeclinable form of the verb used together with the auxiliary verb har/hade to form the perfect tense.
reciprocal
De älskar varandra.
They like each other.
pejorative
deprecating
clausal adverbials vs. adverbials of manner
前者修饰整个句子/后者则更着重于某个成分
体会区别
He is happily married.
这个修饰married。
Happily(Fortunately) he is married.
这个修饰整件事情。
在瑞典语里是区分这两种东西的,比如上面两个句子在瑞典语里是:
Han är lyckligt gift.
Han är lyckligtvis gift.
-vis这个东西就是英语中的-wise。