Rekommenderar du vandringen till våra vänner?

Because this is a yes/no question in Swedish. In main-clause yes/no questions, Swedish usually puts the finite verb first:

• Rekommenderar du vandringen till våra vänner? = Do you recommend the hike to our friends?

The statement version would be:

• Du rekommenderar vandringen till våra vänner. = You recommend the hike to our friends.

So this is a very common Swedish pattern: verb + subject for yes/no questions.

Du is the subject pronoun meaning you (singular and plural in modern everyday Swedish, depending on context).

So:

• Rekommenderar = recommend / are recommending
• du = you

Together, Rekommenderar du ... ? means Do you recommend ... ?

Because vandringen is the definite form of the noun.

• en vandring = a hike / a trek
• vandringen = the hike / the trek

Swedish often puts definiteness on the end of the noun as a suffix.

So in this sentence, vandringen suggests a specific hike that both speaker and listener already know about.

Here till means to in the sense of to someone.

• rekommendera något till någon = to recommend something to someone

So:

• vandringen = the hike
• till våra vänner = to our friends

This tells you who receives the recommendation.

Because in Swedish, a possessive like min, din, hans, hennes, vår, vårt, våra normally makes the noun definite in meaning without using the definite ending.

So:

• våra vänner = our friends

Not:

• våra vännerna ✗

This is similar to English: we say our friends, not our the friends.

Because vänner is plural, and the possessive must match that.

For vår (our), the forms are:

• vår for common-gender singular nouns
• vårt for neuter singular nouns
• våra for plural nouns

Since vänner = friends (plural), Swedish uses våra.

Yes, it is somewhat irregular.

The singular is:

• en vän = a friend

The plural is:

• vänner = friends

So it does not just add a simple -s like English. This is a normal type of Swedish noun change, but learners do need to memorize it.

Yes. Rekommenderar is the present tense form of rekommendera.

• att rekommendera = to recommend
• rekommenderar = recommend / is recommending

In Swedish, the present tense often works for both a general present and a current action, depending on context.

So Rekommenderar du ... ? can mean:

• Do you recommend ... ?
• Are you recommending ... ?

But in natural English here, Do you recommend ... ? is the best translation.

Yes, mainly in word order and intonation.

Question:

• Rekommenderar du vandringen till våra vänner?

Statement:

• Du rekommenderar vandringen till våra vänner.

The words are mostly the same, but Swedish changes the order to show that it is a yes/no question.

In this sentence, it means one specific hike.

• vandring can mean hiking as an activity or a hike
• vandringen means the hike, so it points to a particular one

If you wanted something more general, you might use a different form depending on the exact meaning, such as:

• Rekommenderar du en vandring ... ? = Do you recommend a hike ...
• Rekommenderar du vandring ... ? = Do you recommend hiking ...

But vandringen clearly refers to a specific hike already known in the conversation.

Not here. Even though till can sometimes mean direction or destination, in this sentence it belongs with rekommenderar and marks the person receiving the recommendation.

So the meaning is:

• recommend the hike to our friends

not:

• move the hike toward our friends

The verb rekommendera makes the function clear.

Yes, it is natural, especially if everyone knows which hike is being talked about.

It sounds like someone asking:

• Do you recommend the hike to our friends?

If the hike had not been mentioned before, Swedish might more naturally use en vandring or some more specific wording. But with known context, vandringen is perfectly normal.

A rough guide for an English speaker is:

• våra ≈ VOH-ra
• vänner ≈ VEN-ner

A few helpful points:

• å sounds roughly like the vowel in British law or more
• ä sounds somewhat like the vowel in bed
• Swedish r varies by accent, so do not worry too much at first
• The v is a normal v sound

The exact Swedish melody and vowel length matter, but that rough approximation is enough to get started.