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- "Vem frågade du?"
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From what i've found out; please do correct me if i've put misleading info.
- Vem (subject) frågade (verb) dig (objective pronoun), meaning who asked you (you as the object of the action).
- Vem (direct object) frågade (verb) du (subject), meaning that you asked someone that the third party does not know who it is and wants to find out.
JoakimEk
279
It changes if "you" is object or subject, and hence the one doing the asking, or being the recipient of the asking.
In English as well as non-question Swedish the word order also changes, but you can still see the same form change (he/him) in e.g. "he asked Tom" vs "Tom asked him" in English.
lUC9P
784
Context would dictate but in (at least american) english "who asked you" would tend to be an aggressive way to say shutup or mind your own business. Does the same hold in swedish, or would vem frågar dig always be seen as the question who was it that asked you.