"Lever din farfar?"

Translation: Is your grandfather alive?

[Sjodni]

I hope I don't have to ask this in Sweden, I would not want to come across as incredibly rude.

[King2E4]

It isn't always rude. What if he got into a car accident or something? Asking this question would imply that you are concerned/worried about him.

[Othmane_Chen]

Then I'd go for something a little softer, like "Is your grandpa okay?" instead of "lmao he dead, right mate?"

[iBrow.]

"Is your grandfather alive?" sounds pretty soft to me

[coniferouskiddo]

Not a great conversation starter..

[dellabitzke]

Does this literally translate as "Does your grandfather live?"

[SandraKosk]

Yeah, pretty much. If you translate "is your grandfather alive?" directly, you would get "är din farfar vid liv?" but it's less common and a bit archaic.

[shurhaian]

I believe it also works for "is your grandfather living", which would be a bit closer to a standard English construction.

[Uyterschout]

Min farfar inte lever, men mina barnbarns farfar lever.

[jacob738094]

Min farfar lever inte*

[Jochendi]

Seems to be a little bug: I answered "is your grandfather alive", and duolingo answered:"Another translation: is your grandfather alive"

[iBrow.]

You might have made a typo

[matthew583808]

Does swedish not use 'is' at all?

[iBrow.]

It does, just not here. This sentence actually literally translates to "Does your grandfather live?"