Kan hon uppnå målet själv?

Because this is a yes/no question in Swedish.

In a normal statement, you would say:

Hon kan uppnå målet själv.
= She can achieve the goal herself.

To make it a yes/no question, Swedish usually puts the finite verb first:

Kan hon uppnå målet själv?
= Can she achieve the goal herself?

This is a very common pattern in Swedish.

Kan is the present tense of kunna, which usually means can / be able to.

So here, kan expresses ability or possibility:

• Hon kan simma. = She can swim.
• Kan hon uppnå målet själv? = Can she achieve the goal herself?

Depending on context, kan can sometimes also mean may / might, but in this sentence the most natural meaning is be able to.

Because hon is the subject form of she.

In this sentence, hon is the one doing the action:

• hon = she
• henne = her

Compare:

• Hon uppnår målet. = She achieves the goal.
• Jag ser henne. = I see her.

Since she is the subject of kan uppnå, Swedish uses hon.

Uppnå means to achieve, to attain, or to reach a goal, result, or level.

It is an infinitive here because it comes after the modal verb kan:

• kan uppnå = can achieve

You will often see uppnå with things like:

• ett mål = a goal
• framgång = success
• ett resultat = a result
• en nivå = a level

Examples:

• Hon vill uppnå sina mål. = She wants to achieve her goals.
• Vi kan uppnå mer tillsammans. = We can achieve more together.

Because målet is the definite form of mål, meaning the goal.

Swedish usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun:

• ett mål = a goal
• målet = the goal

So:

• uppnå mål would sound incomplete in most normal contexts
• uppnå ett mål = achieve a goal
• uppnå målet = achieve the goal

Here, the sentence is talking about a specific goal, so målet is used.

It is an ett word:

• ett mål = a goal
• målet = the goal

That is why the definite form ends in -et.

This is worth memorizing together:

• ett mål
• målet

Själv here means herself or by herself / on her own.

So the sentence can suggest:

• Can she achieve the goal herself?
• Can she achieve the goal on her own?

The exact nuance depends on context:

• herself can emphasize that she, not someone else, does it
• on her own can emphasize without help

In many situations, Swedish själv can cover both ideas.

That is a very natural position for it in Swedish.

Själv often comes late in the sentence when it means herself / on her own:

• Hon gjorde det själv. = She did it herself.
• Kan hon uppnå målet själv? = Can she achieve the goal herself?

If you move själv, the emphasis can change a little. For example:

• Kan hon själv uppnå målet?

This puts more emphasis on she herself.

So both are possible, but ...målet själv is very natural if the focus is on doing it alone.

Both are possible, but they highlight slightly different things.

Kan hon uppnå målet själv?

• Focuses more on doing it on her own
• Often sounds like without help

Kan hon själv uppnå målet?

• Focuses more on she herself
• Can suggest contrast, like Can she herself achieve the goal, or does someone else need to do it?

In everyday use, the difference can be subtle, but the placement of själv often affects emphasis.

Because after a modal verb like kan, Swedish normally uses the bare infinitive.

So you get:

• kan uppnå
• vill uppnå
• ska uppnå
• måste uppnå

You do not conjugate the second verb for the subject in this structure.

Compare:

• Hon uppnår målet. = She achieves the goal.
• Hon kan uppnå målet. = She can achieve the goal.

After kan, the main verb stays in the infinitive: uppnå.

Yes, exactly.

Statement:

Hon kan uppnå målet själv.
= She can achieve the goal herself.

Question:

Kan hon uppnå målet själv?
= Can she achieve the goal herself?

So the main change is the word order: the verb kan moves before the subject hon.

Sometimes, yes.

nå also means reach, and in some contexts it can overlap with uppnå:

• nå målet = reach the goal
• uppnå målet = achieve the goal

But there is a slight difference in feel:

• nå often feels more like reach
• uppnå often feels more like achieve / attain, especially in formal or abstract contexts

So uppnå målet is very natural here, especially if the goal is figurative or important.

This sentence already can mean that.

Själv often carries the idea by herself / on her own.

If you wanted to make the idea of without help even clearer, Swedish could also say something like:

• Kan hon uppnå målet på egen hand?
• Kan hon uppnå målet utan hjälp?

But Kan hon uppnå målet själv? is already a perfectly natural way to express that idea.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

uppnå ≈ OOP-noh

A few helpful points:

• upp has a short u sound
• nå has a long vowel, roughly like noh
• The stress is mainly on the second part: uppNÅ

So it is not pronounced like two completely separate English words; it flows together as one verb.

It is perfectly natural Swedish, but uppnå sounds a little more formal or goal-oriented than some simpler verbs.

So the sentence is not unnatural at all, but it may sound slightly more serious or abstract than something very everyday.

For example:

• Kan hon klara det själv? = Can she manage it herself?
• Kan hon nå målet själv? = Can she reach the goal herself?
• Kan hon uppnå målet själv? = Can she achieve the goal herself?

Your original sentence is a good, correct Swedish sentence and would fit especially well in contexts about plans, performance, targets, or ambitions.