Learn Hardcore Swedish: Ringde hon dig i morse eller igår? - Did she call you this morning or yesterday?

In direct questions, Swedish inverts the order: the finite verb comes before the subject.
Statement: Hon ringde dig i morse.
Question: Ringde hon dig i morse?
This inversion is used for yes/no questions and for alternative questions like this one.

Can I ask it without inversion, like Hon ringde dig i morse eller igår?

In writing, that is read as a statement, not a question.
In speech, some people might rely on questioning intonation, but the standard and safest form is to invert: Ringde hon dig …?

Is the past tense ringde correct? What are the principal parts of ringa?

Yes. ringa – ringer – ringde – ringt
Common mistakes to avoid: not ringade, not the supine ringt for the preterite.

How do I pronounce ringde, dig, and i morse?

ringde: say it like “RING-deh”; there’s no separate hard “g” sound. Think [riŋ-de].
dig: pronounced like “day” ([dej]); informal spelling dej matches the sound.
i morse: the rs merges to a “sh” sound; roughly “ee MOR-sheh”.

What exactly does i morse mean? Can it refer to yesterday morning?

i morse = this morning (earlier today). It’s only for the morning of the current day.
For yesterday morning, say i går morse.
For the late morning/forenoon earlier today, you can also say i förmiddags.

Is igår one word or two? And what about i morse / imorse?

Both igår and i går are accepted in modern Swedish.
i morse should be written as two words in standard Swedish; imorse is common informally but avoided in formal writing.

Do I need to repeat i before the second time expression?

No. i morse eller igår is normal.
You may write i morse eller i går (with a space) if you prefer that spelling, but repeating i is not required.

Is it okay that one option is a specific time (i morse) and the other is a whole day (igår)?

Where does the object pronoun dig go? Could I say Ringde hon i morse dig?

Default order in questions is: Verb – Subject – Object – (Time).
So: Ringde hon dig i morse … is the neutral order.
Ringde hon i morse dig sounds odd.
You can front the object for emphasis: Dig ringde hon i morse, but that’s marked focus.

Can I use ringa with till, like Ringde hon till dig?

Yes. Both are fine:
- ringa någon (most common)
- ringa till någon (also common/accepted)
ringa upp någon = to call (call up), often with a “call back/return the call” feel.

Could I repeat the whole clause for clarity?

Does eller here work like a tag question (“right?”), or is it a true alternative?

In this sentence it’s a true alternative: “this morning or yesterday?”
A tag-question use would be: Hon ringde dig i morse, eller? = “She called you this morning, right?”

Is it okay to say dej instead of dig?

In informal writing, dej (and mej for mig) is common and reflects pronunciation.
In formal writing, stick to dig (and mig).