Kan Anna må bra om hon alltid jobbar?

Can Anna feel good if she always works?

Breakdown of Kan Anna må bra om hon alltid jobbar?

• Anna: Anna
• kunna: can
• jobba: to work
• alltid: always
• bra: good
• om: if
• hon: she

Questions & Answers about Kan Anna må bra om hon alltid jobbar?

Why is it må and not mår in this sentence?

In Swedish, when a modal verb like kan (can) comes before a verb, that verb stays in the infinitive form. Må is the infinitive, while mår is the present tense. So after kan, you use må (infinitive) rather than mår.

What does om mean here?

Here, om translates to if in English. It sets a condition: Anna can only feel well (må bra) if the condition (her always working) changes or is questioned.

Is må bra the same as mår bra?

They both mean feel well, but the form depends on whether you’re using a modal or not. Without a modal verb, you’d say Anna mår bra (Anna feels well). With a modal verb, you use må in the infinitive: Anna kan må bra (Anna can feel well).

Why do we use hon instead of something like hennes?

Hon means she, while hennes means her (possessive). In this sentence, hon is simply referring back to Anna as the subject, so she works best grammatically.

Can we place alltid (always) somewhere else in the sentence?

Yes, you could say Kan Anna må bra om hon jobbar alltid?, but it’s more common to put alltid right before the verb it modifies in Swedish. Placing it before jobbar flows more naturally and makes it clear that the action of working is happening all the time.