"Hur är ert förhållande?"

Translation: How is your relationship?

[Alf42]

One of the possible correct answers given is "How is your relation?" This sounds very awkward in English and would be used to ask after someone's relative, if at all. It would not mean "How is your relationship". So does this sentence mean both of these or just "How is your relationship?", which could also be expressed by "How are your relationS?", which is ok but a little ambiguous.

[Lundgren8]

No, it only means ’relationship’, either romantic or non-romantic. You’d use a different construction to ask how people are related.

[araruney]

Would ˝Vad är din/er relation?˝ be a good way to ask how someone might be related to an x person ?

[Zmrzlina]

I would rather want to say "vad är er relation till varandra?"or so. Think it sounds more natural.

[Lundgren8]

I would say Hur är ni släkt? or something similar.

[Zmrzlina]

Yes, I was under the assumption that we weren't necessarily talking about family.

[RomiRocks1]

How is it pronounced. Doesn't seem like it's pronounced the way it is written. För is pronounced frö and h is silent

[kiteo]

I think it’s the low quality audio.

[mattheworb]

f-uhr-holl-en-dah looks right to my australian accent!

[Aryan1337]

She took the kids

[Pedro456080]

I'm glad you ask

[kiteo]

*clears throat, launches into diatribe*

[NatalieBoa3]

Could you also say "Hur är ditt förhållande" if you are only talking to the one person about the relationship, or does do you necessarily have to use "ert" in that situation too?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, that also works.

[YassiEm]

Is this the same as asking "what is your relationship"? I guess I'm a little confused as to how this sentence would be used.

[Zmrzlina]

No, this sentence is more like asking if the relationship in question is healthy and sound.

[thomgunn]

It would be more English to say 'what is your relationship like?'

[ValentasB]

Could 'How are your relationships?' be a possible answer? E.g. there are many couples nearby and the question is asked directly to all of them.

[Arnauti]

No, plural would be era relationer.

[ChoYume]

Could you say "Hur går ert förhållande?" if you're asking about if everything is all right/steady between the two people?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, but it sounds a bit weird, probably because it isn't really something you'd ask so straightforwardly.

[ChoYume]

Okej, tack så mycket! Jag förstår. :) Det är lite sent men god Jul till dig! ^^ (Hope I got that right ^^')

[devalanteriel]

You did - tack och detsamma! :) Just a very minor thing: we don't capitalise jul, påsk, midsommar, etc. The exception is Lucia, since that's also a name.

[ChoYume]

Tusen tack! :D

[Aryan1337]

When to use ert or dina

[ChoYume]

"Dina" is for "you" meaning one person, while "ert" is for "you" meaning several person as in "y'all".

[Maarten823597]

is 'relation' without the '-ship' wrong?

[CedSgm7N]

I'm not sure that the voice is pronouncing the word "ert" corrrectly. Is the 'r' not pronounced ????

[CedSgm7N]

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[CedSgm7N]

The voice is pronouncing the word "ert" like "eat." So, I'm not hearing the "r." Is that correct? Is the "r" not pronounced, then?