"När öppnar restaurangen?"

Translation: When does the restaurant open?

[muddgirl]

How would you say "when is the restaurant open?"

[Arnauti]

”När är restaurangen öppen?.” or ”När har restaurangen öppet?” (the latter is better, I think).

[robertzhu]

Just to clarify a bit, so if someone asks "När öppnar restaurangen?", the correct answer is a specific point in time (eg. 9fm) but if someone asks ”När har restaurangen öppet?” is the correct answer a time range (eg. 9fm-10em) like in English? Tack!! :)

[KBaine]

How do you know that it's a "does" and not an "is"?

[Arnauti]

robertzhu just answered that, but as a reply to my comment instead of yours.

[KaBa07]

So: When opens the restaurant? Is not correct?

[devalanteriel]

Not in standard English, usually. We allow the have construction as such, but doing it for all verbs would simply not be maintainable in the long run.

[PolokKolop]

So I guess the phrase 'när restaurangen öppnar' is wrong?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, because of the v2 rule - the verb wants to come second.

[Jeslie0]

What would 'When is the restaurant open?' translate as?

[devalanteriel]

Either of these:

• När har restaurangen öppet?
• När är restaurangen öppen?

[SantaBill]

why can this not be 'when is the restaurant open?'

[devalanteriel]

The Swedish phrase can never refer to the opening hours of the restaurant, only to the act of opening.

[EstebanGue11]

Vad heter 'When is the restaurant opening' på svenska?

[devalanteriel]

Same way - Swedish doesn't make a difference between "opens" and "is opening".

[Sue371993]

In English we would use these phrases interchangably, so being an English speaker doesnt help. Swedish serms to be far more specific in language use than English.

[devalanteriel]

Well, in this case yes - but in generally, I wouldn't claim either language does it to a much larger extent than the other. :)