"Ja, det gör han."

Translation: Yes, he does.

[Jayna_Johns]

Can someone explain the structure of "det gör han"? I'm having trouble making it make sense to me.

[Lundgren8]

It’s literally ”yes, it/that does he”. When responding and referring back to a statement or so, we often put the ”it” in the beginning which is common overall in Swedish. It’s the same as ”det vet jag inte” (I don’t know that) or ”det vill jag inte” (I don’t want that).

[RaptorsOnBikes]

So it sounds a little bit like in English when someone says "Yes, that he does", which means exactly the same thing as "yes, he does".

[Lundgren8]

Yes, it’s a bit like that, except you have to have the det in Swedish.

[Aniklol]

Even if it's 'hon' instead of 'han' or is 'det' the compulsory article?

[devalanteriel]

Sure - just like in English. You say "yes, that x does" with a "that" regardless of whether you're talking about he, she, or the neighbour's chimney sweep.

[travel.linguist]

Like in German:

Das weiß ich nicht

Das will ich nicht

[celina.language]

Yes, that makes it very easy for me as a German

[AndreEHV]

So, here it would mean,
"Ja, das macht er."

[Amelie684686]

More like "das tut er".

[devalanteriel]

They were comparing with the two other phrases Lundgren8 wrote.

[Layla-Eve]

Super, that explains it for me in Dutch as a Flemish Belgian.

[HnL.]

It's great to read the comments to understand this - I find it a difficult bit of knowledge to get clear. I think I'll get it wrong quite a lot before I get it right!

[KamranWali]

Just for clarification what will this translate into swedish "Yes, he does it"? Thank you.

[devalanteriel]

Ja, han gör det.

[CaliforniaNorma]

Here's a Lingot to thank you for your service to the community :-)

[CaliforniaNorma]

You get a Lingot for your excellent question!

[GabyGenzi]

I see that in mostly phrases in Swedish the phrases have this order:

Something + verb (almost always in second place of the phrase) + personal pronoun.

I am wrong? Theres a particular reason for this?

[Arnauti]

It's called the V2 rule. All main clauses that are not questions have the verb in second place.

[SavvinaEle]

so if we say ja, han gör det, is it wrong or we can go with both ways?

[devalanteriel]

That's also accepted. :)

[SavvinaEle]

tack :)

[Kaisa985367]

Is it totally wrong to say"Yes, that's what he is doing"?

[Timislove]

"Yes, he makes it" is incorrect? "Makes" is one of the suggested words for gör, and it makes sense.

[Arnauti]

I think Lundgren8:s first comment on this page explains the function of this sentence very well.

[aline-de-boer]

I said 'Yes that does he' literally that is correct right?

[RAlberdi]

Translating literally is not advisable. You transfer ideas from one language to another. Words are the parts these ideas are made of, and they are assembled in a different way in each language.

[BillA951652]

Taping gör doesnt pronounce it.