"Svarar du?"

Translation: Are you answering?

[RaizinM]

In a type what you hear question I typed "svar är du". :P Would I technically be hearing that correctly or is there a big noticeable difference between the pronunciations of "svarar" and "svar är"?
And come and think of it, I'm guessing it should be "svaret är du" (THE answer is you) to be grammatically correct?

[Anders91]

If you pronounce svarar du as svar är du you are speaking with a heavy Hälsingland accent. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4lsingland

[Zmrzlina]

Yes, the sentence "svar är du" does not make sense. Nor does it sound like "svarar du?" to a native.

[RaizinM]

Yeah, I feared as much. But despite the poor chances I still wanted to know if I accidentally struck gold somehow. ;) Thanks for the answer!

[Noah636204]

How do i say it then

[jolie.ball]

Why is it svarar du and not är du svarar

[Anders91]

It's a thing called inversion. It works very similarly to English. Compare for example:

He is running.

Is he running?

We can turn sentences into questions just by switching around the word order. You can read more about this in the notes of the Questions chapter.

https://www.duolingo.com/skill/sv/Questions

[Erdbeere24]

I misheard it as "Svara du!".

[lagolas2010]

Svara sounds like "a significant number (of people)" russian word

[PangurCat]

What would be a good context for this sentence? Would it be asking someone to pick up a phone call?

[Anders91]

Absolutely, that's a very fitting context.

[Aebleskiver59]

Can you use this if the telephone is ringing in the house and you are calling to the person nearest the phone to ask if they will answer it?

[devalanteriel]

Sure, that works perfectly. :)

[tristato]

Är grundformen 'att svara'? (Och att fråga?)

[Anders91]

Yes, that is correct.

[mukama_2]

Can u use the two-word question on any verb?

[devalanteriel]

No, it depends on their transitivity.

[LaneV88]

I said "do you have answers? " and feel it should be taken. Since it's a plural (right??) so I said answerS.

[LaneV88]

Ok now I see my whole sentence was wrong but still - COULD this be a possible transition?

[JoseeV64]

"Do you have answers?" would be "Har du svaren?" , I think. Ett svar, svaret, svar, svaren.

[devalanteriel]

No, it'd be har du svar? since svaren is "the answers".

[KrisdaKATT]

What would "your anwser?," look like in Swedish? Or does that not translate well, because technically it should be "what is you answer."

I only ask because if you are asking multiple people for a response, you could get away with saying "Your anwser?" or "And your answer?" instead of the many other variances you could ask.

[JoseeV64]

"And what is your answer" should be "Och vad är ditt svar?" I think. But maybe "Och du?" (And you?) is enough in such a situation.

[KrisdaKATT]

Doh! I completely spaced out that "ditt/det" means "your." That makes so much more sense. Thanks for the reminder! :)

[JoseeV64]

You're welcome. However "det" doesn't mean "your". "det regnar" = "it is raining".

[KrisdaKATT]

facepalm I need to just be quiet. I should have said "din/ditt" not "det/ditt." Lol