When to use att before a verb in Swedish? (Skandinavisk & Nordisk) Language Learning Forum

When to use att before a verb in Swedish?
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chirel Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5309 days ago 125 posts - 159 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: French	Message 1 of 3 20 May 2010 at 9:31pm \| IP Logged
	Hi, I'm currently refreshing my Swedish using textbooks for highschool students. (We have loads of them in Finland.) I found these examples in the text and I'm wondering about the use of att before a verb. Why is it sometimes used and sometimes not? How do I know when to use it? Why in the last two examples you don't use it? My intuiton would say differently. 1. Man ska aldrig övertala sina vänner att göra sådant de inte vill. 2. Det är ju inget kul att veta precis vad folk kommer att säga nästa minut. 3. ...och till och med vägra att prata med mina vänner. 4. Bara de låter mig vara som jag är så är det OK. (de låter mig att vara) 5. ... så att han inte bara försöker dra nytta av dig. (försöker att dra nytta av dig) 1 person has voted this message useful
jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map	Message 2 of 3 21 May 2010 at 12:23am \| IP Logged
	Försöka is one of those verbs that I feel work with or without att (a Google search for "försöker att" gives 287 000 results) Auxiliary/modal verb + infinitive never take att: Jag ska/kan/måste/vill/behöver/et.c. äta, du ska äta, han/hon ska äta, vi ska äta, ni ska äta, de ska äta... I assume that låta belongs to this group since it seldom stands alone. Does this make any sense? 1 person has voted this message useful
chirel Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5309 days ago 125 posts - 159 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: French	Message 3 of 3 21 May 2010 at 11:20am \| IP Logged
	Thank you, it makes sense now. I must pay attention to it in the future to get a feel for it. 1 person has voted this message useful

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