Skojar du?

you

Breakdown of Skojar du?

• skoja: to joke; to be kidding

Questions & Answers about Skojar du?

Why is it Skojar du? and not Du skojar?

In standard Swedish, yes/no questions usually use verb-first word order. So:

• Du skojar. = You’re joking.
• Skojar du? = Are you joking?

This is similar to English word order changes like You are joking → Are you joking?

You may hear Du skojar? in speech, but that usually sounds more like surprise, echoing what someone just said, or relying heavily on intonation. The normal textbook form is Skojar du?

What does skojar mean exactly?

Skojar is the present tense of skoja, which means to joke, to kid, or to mess around.

So skojar du? can be used when you think someone is not being serious.

It often has the feel of:

• Are you joking?
• Are you kidding?
• You’re kidding, right?

Is there an invisible är in this sentence, like in English Are you joking?