"Vad gör du?"
Translation:What are you doing?
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I realize the ö in gör is pronounced like an å (or german o). Are there any rules for that?
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Not the same, you're right. But not quite like an "ö" either. Here it is also pronounced differently: http://forvo.com/word/vad_g%C3%B6r_du_i_sverige%3F/#sv
Yes, g has two pronunciations, one 'hard' as g (like in 'guard') and one soft as you might think of as y, like in 'yes'. The soft pronunciation occurs before the vowels e, i, y, ä, ö. There are several useful links about pronunciation in this thread: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/5892805
We never use är together with another verb in the present, and neither do you in English. Saying du är gör is like saying you are do.
In questions, the verb must go before the subject, and the only thing that can go before the verb is a question word.
This leaves you with Vad gör du? as the only possible option.
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I notice when listen to native speakers that when askibg a question their voice doesnt go up at the end. Is that just an english thing?
In principle it should, but it might be less necessary in Swedish than in some other languages because it's normally clear anyway from word order whether it's a question or not. If you do ask a question by using a sentence that doesn't have question word order, you have to make it clear by intonation, so in those cases it's really important.
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This isn't a question about this sentence, but I am in the Ruby League and my last 65 points have not registered. I can't see how to post this in the Troubleshooting. I can see general questions but not how to post a new question. Help!
In the troubleshooting forums (https://forum.duolingo.com/topic/647), there's a button at the top that says "New post".
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Not related to this but testing out of a topic and failing, resulting in the sad owl and the mocking trumpet music is discouraging. Not helpful.