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"Are you answering?"
Translation:Svarar du?
November 25, 2014
13 Comments
There is only one correct answer.
Svar = answer (noun form, example: I have the answer.)
Svarar = answer (verb form, example: Are you answering?)
It can't be "Svar du?" because Svar is not the verb form, Svarar is. If "Svarar du?" had been an option it would have also been correct, but at this time only the options, "Svar du?", "Var ni?" and, "Svarar ni?" are given so there's only one correct answer: "Svarar ni?"
Arnauti
1451
In English, you have two present tenses: the simple present (answers) and the continuous (is answering). In Swedish though, like in many other languages, we only have one, which covers both. So svarar is the only verb you can use here.