"Do you have the book with you?"

Translation: Har du boken med dig?

[cerihughes]

Why is "Har ni boken med dig" wrong? Is it because I'm mixing ni with dig?

[Lundgren8]

Yeah, it would be either du - dig or ni - er.

[PLLumsdaine]

Would “Har du med dig boken?” also be a reasonable word order here?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes, perfectly fine and normal.

[Trilby16]

It's a very heavy book and takes a bunch of people working together to bring it.

[Virtmining]

"Har du boken med sig?" is wrong. Is it so?

[Arnauti]

Yes, it's a reflexive verb and the reflexive particle varies with person:

jag har med mig 'I have with me'
du har med dig 'you have with you'
han/hon/hen har med sig 'he/she has with him/herself'
vi har med oss 'we have with us'
ni har med er 'you (all) have with you'
de har med sig 'they have with them'

[laurafinland]

Can you also say "Har du boken med?" Or is it wrong.

[KittyKing3]

I wrote "Har med dig boken" which I thought meant Do you have with you the book? Naturally, I got it wrong. I just wish I understood why exactly.

[jennifer856684]

why du and dig why not dig and dig or du and du

[StephenWat314748]

Why du/dig? Aren't "you" the subject of the sentence?