"Which department do you work in?"

Translation: Vilken avdelning arbetar du på?

[Chris-Butler]

So just to clarify, på is the only particle that works here? Seems feasible that i would work too but got question wrong for choosing that

[kenmerk]

Would also like an answer to this

[SpunkeyTabasco]

Why doesn't this sentence follow the V2 rule?

[BarbaraMorris]

Just a guess, but maybe because "vilken avdelning" is considered one "thing".

[Steph.Ro]

It does. verb second doesn't necessarily mean the second word in the sentence, but rather the second idea. which department is one idea that cannot be separated.

[Jasmyne33]

So, does this sentence not follow the V2 rule? If not, can anyone tell me why? I had the hardest time figuring this one out. Tack!

[Steph.Ro]

It does. verb second doesn't necessarily mean the second word in the sentence, but rather the second idea. which department is one idea that cannot be separated.

[StephenWat314748]

How do you know whether to use vilken or vilket?

[DoctorSnakebite]

Can someone explain why google translates this as 'Vilken avdelning jobbar du i?', but 'arbetar du i?' is not accepted?

[Zmrzlina]

Because google translate can't really handle prepositions very well in translation.

[stephenpeckhover]

Is it alright to put "på" at the very beginning?

[Zmrzlina]

To say "på vilken avdelning jobbar du?" is a grammatical sentence, yes.

[Rolf383322]

Or- i vilken avdeling jobbar du??...

[Steph.Ro]

Some places prefer på and some i. So far I encountered:

• att arbeta på avdelningen, kontoret, banken, fabriken

• att sälja på marknaden

• att arbeta/vara i kyrkan, parken, sjön, bastun, hamnen