"She does not want to tell everything she knows."

Translation:Hon vill inte berätta allt hon vet.

March 26, 2015

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AbunPang

Where would one add the addressee in? Hon vill inte berätta allt hon vet för oss?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/nikozilar

Is there a rule for when not to include "för" with "berätta"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Arnauti

Yes, if you have an indirect object, i.e. if the person you're telling is mentioned in the sentence, you have för too: Jag berättade för henne I told her.
But if you just 'tell' without saying who you're telling it to, you don't have för either.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Fizzo83

Would it also be correct to say "...allt vad hon vet"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ReinerSelb

allt SOM hon vet was accepted for me.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/muddgirl

Why allt and not alla?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Zmrzlina

Allt = everything

Alla = everyone


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/RynoLawson

Is "känner" not able to be used instead of "vet"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Arnauti

No, känner could only mean feels in this context.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/matstrish

Wait, "känner till" means know in this context.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/soundspirit

Could you say "Hon vill inte berätta om allt hon vet"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/GodlessGoat

I'm wondering the same thing! And if not, why?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/RonaldBrid1

Why is it not hon vill inte ATT berätta ally hon vet? Everything else so far has needed att-verb infinite


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AbunPang

You don’t use att with modal verbs (vilja “to want”, kunna “can”, behöva “have to”, måste “must (indeclinable)”, “may”, ska “shall”, böra “should, ought to”). In fact this is the same in English, at least with true modal verbs (those which never take the third person singular “-s” in present tense and don’t insert “do” in questions and negative sentences, such as “can” or “must”): You say “I can do that,” not “*I can to do that.”

With other verbs it depends on the verb. Some use att and some don’t and there isn’t really a hard rule for which is which. For example börja “to begin“ and sluta “to stop” are used without att: Hon börjar arbeta “She starts to work”. But fortsätta “to continue” is used with att: Hon fortsättar att arbeta. “She continues to work.”

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