{"id":7483,"date":"2016-08-19T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=7483"},"modified":"2016-08-19T15:01:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T15:01:52","slug":"who-what-when-where-why-and-how-in-swedish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/who-what-when-where-why-and-how-in-swedish\/","title":{"rendered":"Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. In Swedish."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7488\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7488\" class=\"wp-image-7488 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/08\/556400716_067578e43e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ja\u00a0by Joakim Jardenberg. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Flickr\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/08\/556400716_067578e43e_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/08\/556400716_067578e43e_z-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jocke66\/556400716\/\">Ja<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jocke66\/\">Joakim Jardenberg<\/a>. Licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/creativecommons\/by-2.0\/\">Flickr<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Learning a new language involves a lot of statements. My name is Marcus. I speak English and Swedish. I like gummy bears. You know, the usual. But to learn how to take that language and turn it into a conversation, you\u2019ll need to know your question words: who, what, when, where, why, and how. In this post, we\u2019ll give you the translation for each question word, as well as a few\u00a0example questions to get you started.<\/p>\n<p>First, the easy stuff:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who = <em>vem<\/em><\/li>\n<li>What = <em>vad<\/em><\/li>\n<li>When = <em>n\u00e4r<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Where = <em>var\/vart<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Why = <em>varf\u00f6r<\/em><\/li>\n<li>How = <em>hur<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Noticed that there are two words for \u201cwhere,\u201d didn\u2019t you. It\u2019s pretty simple really. <em>Vart<\/em> is used when you\u2019re talking about where someone is going, where as <em>var<\/em> is used when you\u2019re talking about where someone is. If there\u2019s movement involved, <em>vart<\/em> is what you\u2019re looking for. That being said, this distinction isn\u2019t being made as much in spoken Swedish, but is still used in written Swedish.<\/p>\n<p>Got it? Now let\u2019s actually use those words in a few examples!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vem:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Vem vill du fika med?<\/em> = Who do you want to fika with?<\/li>\n<li><em>Vem talar du med?<\/em> = Who are you talking to?<\/li>\n<li><em>Vem ska laga middag?<\/em> = Who is going to make dinner?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Vad heter du?<\/em> = What is your name?<\/li>\n<li><em>Vad ska vi g\u00f6ra imorgon?<\/em> = What should we do tomorrow?<\/li>\n<li><em>Vad vill du \u00e4ta till frukost?<\/em> = What do you want for breakfast?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>N\u00e4r:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>N\u00e4r flyttade du till Sverige?<\/em> = When did you move to Sweden?<\/li>\n<li><em>N\u00e4r b\u00f6rjar filmen?<\/em> = When does the movie start?<\/li>\n<li><em>N\u00e4r ska vi \u00e4ta?<\/em> = When are we going to eat?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Var:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Var \u00e4r du?<\/em> = Where are you?<\/li>\n<li><em>Var bor du?<\/em> = Where do you live?<\/li>\n<li><em>Var ligger Brasilien?<\/em> = Where is Brazil?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vart:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Vart ska du?<\/em> = Where are you going?<\/li>\n<li><em>Vart tog hon v\u00e4gen?<\/em> = Where did she go?<\/li>\n<li><em>Vart g\u00e5r bussen?<\/em> = Where does the bus go?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Varf\u00f6r:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Varf\u00f6r \u00e4r himlen bl\u00e5?<\/em> = Why is the sky blue?<\/li>\n<li><em>Varf\u00f6r flyttade du till Sverige?<\/em> = Why did you move to Sweden?<\/li>\n<li><em>Varf\u00f6r l\u00e4r du dig svenska?<\/em> = Why are you learning Swedish?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hur:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Hur m\u00e5r du?<\/em> = How are you?<\/li>\n<li><em>Hur mycket kostar en biljett till Helsingborg?<\/em> = How much does a ticket to Helsingborg cost?<\/li>\n<li><em>Hur hittar man v\u00e4nner i Sverige?<\/em> = How do you find friends in Sweden?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And for help with pronunciation, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/author\/styv\/\">Steven<\/a>\u2019s series on asking questions:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/asking-questions-part-1\/\">Asking questions, Part 1<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/asking-questions-part-2\/\">Asking questions, Part 2<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/asking-questions-part-3\/\">Asking questions, Part 3<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/08\/556400716_067578e43e_z-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/08\/556400716_067578e43e_z-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/08\/556400716_067578e43e_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Learning a new language involves a lot of statements. My name is Marcus. I speak English and Swedish. I like gummy bears. You know, the usual. But to learn how to take that language and turn it into a conversation, you\u2019ll need to know your question words: who, what, when, where, why, and how. 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