"Why is your aunt eating turtles?"
Translation:Varför äter din moster sköldpaddor?
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Now we know why Swedish aunts are almost called "monsters" -- because they eat turtles.
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My Swedish husband says that Swedish aunts eat turtles because it makes them smell good and nephews and nieces like the smell of turtles!
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In questions, the verb always goes before the subject. The only thing that can go before the verb is a question word (like varför in this case) or a phrase that functions as a question word.
No, remember that Swedish doesn't use the continuous construction.
Hmm, I must've missed that part, or completely forgotten it. Could you explain it please?
English can express a verb like "she eats" in a continuous sense: "she is eating". Swedish cannot - we don't have that option grammatically. So both of those translate to the same thing: hon äter.
Good response, I knew this but haven't been able to put it into words. :)
