"Why do you drink?"

Translation: Varför dricker du?

[dionize]

What is this an AA meeting?

[Lundgren8]

Anonyma alkoholister.

[JacobSaada]

To forget

[Michael990548]

Does dricker have the meaning of dricker öl as it would in English?

[Zmrzlina]

Yeah, it could well refer to alcohol.

[Lotte371216]

Can 'drink' also reflect on 'drinking alcohol' in this question?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, as Zmrzlina noted above.

[Holley522887]

When you click on the words for "do" and "you" it gives you går and ni. Why am i being shown the incorrect way to say the sentence? They may be the individual definition of words but its very confusing.

[devalanteriel]

Hints are set coursewide, so they do not necessarily apply to individual sentences. It's unfortunate, but nothing that can be helped by the course admins.

[matthew583808]

I put varfor du dricker as in why do you drink
Why is that marked wrong?

[devalanteriel]

The verb comes before the subject in direct questions. If there is a question word, it is placed at the very start. In other words:

• Du dricker is the normal order, with the subject in v2 position
• Dricker du? is the question order, with the verb before the subject
• Varför dricker du? is the question word order, with the question word at the start

[bradandersson]

Can somebody explain to me the usage of ni? Varför dricker du vs Varför dricker ni, thanks

[Spoze]

"Ni" have to be used when you describe more than one person, but "Du" when only one. In English you always use "You"