"Vet du varför?"

Translation: Do you know why?

[Vandej]

Could this also mean "Why do you know?" If not, how would you say that?

[Berniebud]

You can't use "Vet du varför" to say "Why do you know?"

That would be "Varför vet du det?".

[Nemomeori]

Tack sa。mycket

[ex0mo]

I like how the circle of the å fell down g

[JoshuaMadd2]

So what exactly does vet mean and what contexts are it used in? I'm a bit confused.

[Zmrzlina]

Veta is used for knowledge and facts, känna is used for knowing people.

[J.C.M.H.]

It is like the difference between saber and conocer in Spanish.

[Zoidburger]

Or wissen and kennen in german, I think

[CaliforniaNorma]

Excellent! I know no German, but I had in mind the English word [ken], now out of use. However it does appear in a song in The Sound of Music, which is why I know it! Yay!!

[M.2587]

I love the Sound of Music! And you're right. There are a few words mentioned in the movie now out of use.

[J.C.M.H.]

You are right, Zoidburger:

Swedish Vet du varför? =
German Weißt du warum? =
Spanish ¿Sabes por qué?

[Berniebud]

"Vet" is the present tense of "Veta" which means "To know"

[M.2587]

Do you happen to know why Veta changed to vet in this sentence? Please? I'm confused. Thank you for any answer!

[Olesja386275]

Because
att veta=to know, vet=I know, smbd knows, etc.

[M.2587]

Tack så mycket

[plank_]

Ok, but why doesn't this one end in -r?

[Berniebud]

I just told you. "Vet" is the PRESENT TENSE.

"Do you know why" is asking if the person knows RIGHT NOW.

Otherwise it would be "Will you know why?" -> "Ska du veta varför?"

[Naina403682]

Really struggling with the questions segment. Never had so many answers wrong. Can anyone point me to the sentence construction for questions in Swedish? Pretty please?

[Exxxcutioner]

dude, same. i am having such a hard time now... swedish is not as easy as i initially had thought.

[Berniebud]

It's pretty simple. Replace "Do you X" with "X du". Swedish doesn't have the "Do X Y" constructions that English has.

Think of "Have you seen" instead of "Do you have seen?"

[Weird_Ed]

can someone please explain shortly how to use that new verb 'veta'? for instance, if one wants to say "I don't know" is it "Jag vet inte" ?
Thanks in advance.

[Zmrzlina]

Yes, that's right. I wrote shortly about the use of veta and känna in another comment here.

[Weird_Ed]

Tack! :)

[person222222]

and "förstar du varför" would mean, "do you understand why?" ??

[Zmrzlina]

Yes.

[Jayllou]

Is there a reason why you put "why" at the end instead of at the beginning?'So far the wh-word has always been before the verb.

[devalanteriel]

It's because "why" isn't actually used as a question word in this case - it's the object in the phrase, just like any other object.

• Do you understand politics?
• Do you understand Italian?
• Do you understand why?

[Jayllou]

Aaaaaah that's much clearer, thank you buddy!

[CaliforniaNorma]

Very clarifying. Have a Lingot!

[mgoorka]

Vet du varför? Do you know why? And what if i would ask: Why don't you know? Is ' Varför du inte vet?' correct?

[Arnauti]

No, in questions the verb needs to be first of all. The only thing you can have before it is a question word. So it would have to be Varför vet du inte?

[mgoorka]

Now, as i thought over it, it seems obvious. I guess i had a temporary eclipse of the mind:). Tack.

[hoyunmyoun]

Can I stress on "varför", too?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes.

[LennartdeFraeisk]

Isn't "Know you why?" Grammatically acceptable in English, or is that my mistake? (I know it is sort of dated but...)