Resolved questions
"Försöka att göra" eller "försöka göra"?

1 In two-verb constructions after the modal auxiliaries kan, ska, vill, måste,
etc.:

Han kan komma ikväll. He can come tonight.
Måste du göra det? Do you have to do that?
Får jag följa med? May I come along?
Ska du åka bort över jul? Are you going away over Christmas?
Vill du åka bort? Do you want to go away?

2 In two-verb constructions after modal equivalents:

De brukar åka bort. They usually go away.
Jag hoppas kunna åka. I hope to be able to go away.
Hon tänker inte gifta sig. She doesn’t intend to get married.
Det verkar vara sant. It appears to be true.

Modal equivalents include:

behöva need
råka happen to
bruka usually do
slippa avoid
börja begin
sluta stop
fortsätta continue
tyckas seem to
försöka try to
tänka intend to
hoppas hope to
verka appear to
lova promise (to)
våga dare to
lyckas succeed in
vägra refuse to
låtsas pretend to
ämna intend to
orka manage to
önska wish to

Notes:
1 After the following verbs att is optional: börjar (att), begin; försöker (att), try;
slutar (att), stop

2 In spoken Swedish and informal language there is a tendency to omit att after
kommer