"They just work."
Translation:De bara arbetar.
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Wonder why the bara goes before arbetar, instead of after, as the notes say adverbs go after verbs in Swedish. Is bara an exception?
Declarative main clauses in Swedish exhibit an almost exceptionless verb-second order. Only a small class of sentence adverbials (including "bara", "kanske," "nästan" and "rent av") can appear between the foundation and the verb.
This is quote from Basic Swedish by Jan Anward.
Jan Anward writes "rent av" split into two words, but "rentav" seems to be more common. Anyway, it means even/actually.
The link won't open. Would someone post it here? Thanks for the clarification, Helen!
I was thinking about the sentence in terms of working as functioning. Could "De bars fungerar"not be a viable interpretation if you're talking about a motor or something?
I'm using mobile app and I can't hover over words to see the translations (I could until today) nor do I hear the pronunciation? Is that a bug?
