"The woman knows where the book is."

Translation: Kvinnan vet var boken är.

[opelline]

Could someone explain why the answer "Kvinnan vet var är boken." is incorrect?

[Arnauti]

Wrong word order. The sentence structure is like this:

Main clause: Kvinnan vet [subclause]
Subclause: var boken är

In Swedish, the verb goes second in main clauses. But in subclauses, the subject must go before the verb.

More in depth about word order here: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/8970470

[daliborecek]

thanks for the explanation!

[Bob719348]

Got this wrong the first time because I got way to used to the idea of deleting 'is" in sentences i.e. The girl is swimming. Flickan simmar. lol.

[deactivated user]

I would have thought it was "Kvinnan vet var boken finns". I tend to use "finns" rather than "är" in these sorts of sentences.

[Buzdawg]

Hmm this is interesting. To me, using "finns" in this context almost makes it sound like an old book that has been lost for a long time that people are searching for, get my drift? Either way, I'd also like an answer to this.

[lagolas2010]

Should be legit, isn't it?

[drafthx]

i think that "finns" would rather mean "exists" when it's used as a verb (when it's not used in "det finns" = there is)

[deactivated user]

No. It was marked as wrong.

[coral199625]

Vet kvinnan du.

[BryanAJParry]

Surely this should be "Kvinnan vet var boken ligger/står", no? I mean, use of "är" in this kind of case is slightly unnatural for Swedish, I believe.

[Zmrzlina]

No, it's perfectly fine to use är if you're talking about the whereabouts of the book.

[BryanAJParry]

Hi there. Okay, fair enough. I'm not exactly a native speaker! But it's just that everything I've learnt strongly says that Swedish shies away from är in these cases. Fair dos. Cheers for the feedback.

[Amir_Musavirov]

Is ıt correct to use känner here?

[BillieAnde]

Im confused.
Book - Bok
The Book - Boken
Books - Böcker
The Books - Böckerna