All this talk about how bad the economy is and how we are struggling in the midst of a serious recession, and guess who went on vacation?
\nAnna did!<\/p>\n
When you read this post, I will be frolicking on the beaches of Antigua. Or maybe Barbuda. This year I decided not to use a Swedish tour operator, I\u2019ve tried them all and they all offer the same vacation packages to the same destinations. More or less. This winter we thought to try something new and went with a British company. But no matter the vacation packager or charter provider, it was definitely time to escape the weather \u2013 the temperature dropped to minus 16C the morning we left.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s not the weather I want to talk about today. Let\u2019s talk about questions, instead. You can form questions in Swedish just as you do it in English. Easy!<\/p>\n The easiest type of a question is the yes\/no type. Ja\/nej-fr\u00e5gar.<\/strong> You ask a question and you can answer it with a simple \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno.\u201d Easy peasy.<\/p>\n The more complicated type of question is a question-word question – fr\u00e5geordsfr\u00e5ga.<\/strong> Let\u2019s see how it works in practice. We need a sufficiently goofy example with lots of details. How about this:<\/p>\n You can ask:<\/p>\n See? Just like in English. The question word always comes first. Then comes the verb. And what does come after the verb? Always the subject. No other words are needed.<\/p>\n So, the order is like that:<\/p>\n The only exception to this order is when a question word is a subject in itself:<\/p>\n See? Again, just like in English. Next time we will examine those question words in detail.<\/p>\n But first you need to ask: All this talk about how bad the economy is and how we are struggling in the midst of a serious recession, and guess who went on vacation? Anna did! When you read this post, I will be frolicking on the beaches of Antigua. Or maybe Barbuda. This year I decided not to use a Swedish…<\/p>\n
\nVad?<\/strong> What?
\nExactly!<\/p>\n
\nHur?<\/strong> How?<\/p>\n
\nYou do it in Swedish by putting the verb at the very beginning of the sentence. And voila! There\u2019s a question! No silly auxiliary verbs here like \u201cdo.\u201d Just flip the word order.
\nFor example:<\/p>\n\n
\nThis type of question can\u2019t be answered with just \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno.\u201d And to make this sort of question you use \u201cquestion words.\u201d Yes, those are those pesky little guys that ask for:
\nwhat, who, when, where, how and so on.<\/p>\n\n
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\nWho is on vacation?
\nAnna is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"