"What are you laughing at?"

Translation: Vad skrattar du åt?

[Autumn19361]

doesn't åt mean ate also?

[Anrui]

Yes it does

[BarbaraMorris]

Is it wrong to say "Åt vad skrattar du"?

[sotnosen93]

At least in everyday conversation, yes. It might work in poetry, but you would probably get some odd looks if you used it in real life, so to speak.

[melchiorgabor]

Can you please explain what would be a more correct way of saying that, in this case?

[BarbaraMorris]

My guess is that the official answer is the more natural way to say it: "Vad skrattar du åt".

"Åt vad skrattar du" is probably odd in the same way as "At what are you laughing" is odd except maybe in poetry or super-formal writing (assuming there's any scenario where you'd be talking about laughing in super-formal writing ... :-)

[devalanteriel]

Bingo. :)

[PrashantCh238153]

why we use "åt" here not "för"?

[sotnosen93]

No real reason I think other than that it simply isn't. Prepositions are tricky like that, they don't always translate neatly.

[Ehsan.1984]

what does vad skrattar du på mean?

[Zmrzlina]

It just sounds strange.

[Ehsan.1984]

once I used På it becomes strange :) tack

[hauntedgroceries]

Why is it skrattar and not skratta? I think I saw a comment somewhere else about gå being "infinite" and går being present, does that principle apply here also?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, you need the present tense here.

[TanGanBun]

What is the difference between åt and mot ? They seems to me very similar.

[Karen61431]

The first example gave 'ni' What's the difference?

[devalanteriel]

• du = one person
• ni = more than one person

[SavvinaEle]

Ι wrote "vad scrattar du till" and it marked it as wrong... I try to understang here... There isn't a rule for this actually... we have to learn by heart what preposition aplies to which sentence?

[devalanteriel]

Or at least to which construction or word. I mean, all languages work like that.