Word
Vad är ställningen nu?
Meaning
What is the score now?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Vad är ställningen nu?
Why is är placed before ställningen?
Because this is a direct question in Swedish.
The pattern here is:
question word + finite verb + subject
So:
- Vad = what
- är = is
- ställningen = the score / the situation / the standing
- nu = now
That gives:
Vad är ställningen nu?
This is normal Swedish question word order. A native English speaker might expect something like What the score is now?, but Swedish direct questions require the verb to come early, just like English does in What is the score now?
What exactly is vad doing here?
Vad means what and introduces the question.
It asks for information about something unknown:
- Vad är det? = What is that?
- Vad händer nu? = What is happening now?
- Vad är ställningen nu? = What is the score/situation now?
So vad is simply the question word that makes the whole sentence mean what is ... ?
Why is it ställningen and not just ställning?