"What makes them efficient?"

Translation: Vad gör dem effektiva?

[makmegs]

This "gör" word again. It's på and om's relative, means whatever it wants whenever it feels like it

[NordicWay]

hahahaha so true xD

[rholder]

Does "effektiv" also mean effective? I ask, because in English, effective means something does what is should or works properly, whereas efficient means something works quickly and easily. Something that is efficient is always effective but something effective is not always efficient.

[devalanteriel]

Yes, good catch. We use effektiv for both senses.

[BjornMattB]

Is there a way to differentiate them? There are many situations in my job where the difference is important.

[JoseeV64]

"Vad gör dem effektivA?" Why not "effektivT"? Must this adjective correspond with "dem" and not with "vad"? Is "What makes him efficient?" "Vad gör honom effektiv?" ?

[Sarah21189]

Yes, it agrees with dem

[Cyraith]

Effektiv = singular
Effektiva = plural
?

[HeatherWest89]

Correct, effektiva is plural (confirmed by the swede sitting beside me)

[freeboprich]

Can someone tell me why "de" is wrong as opposed to "dem"? Even my fiancée can't and she's a translator...

[Arnauti]

It's the object form of the pronoun de here, the subject being what. To have de would be like saying What makes they perfect in English – except of course in Swedish those two words are pronounced the same way, so many native speakers mix them up.

Alternatively, if de were to be an article, you'd get a grammatically correct sentence meaning What are the efficient doing? (this would never be anyone's first interpretation of this sentence though)

[hornedhorse9]

De = They dem =them

[EmmaZawila]

Could someone let me know what's wrong with this translation: "Varför är de effektiv?" I figured it would mean "Why are they efficient?" Is this too far off or is the translation incorrect?

[stephenbal4]

It needs to be effektiva. I don't know if they accept "Varför är de effektiva" though.

[Ojitosyomiyomi]

when do you use dem or de?

[ZQLztm7J]

Wasn't it effektivT here, since göra makes it an adverb? I don't get it.

[JoseeV64]

I asked a similar question a year ago. effektiva is an adjective and corresponds with dem.

[AbhishekKu68315]

Kindly tell the difference between de and dem

[JoseeV64]

de is "they", the subject form. They see me, de ser mig.
dem is "them", the object form. I see them, jag ser dem.