Questions & Answers about Dansar barnet bra?
Where is the word for "does" in this sentence?
Swedish doesn't use helper words like "do" or "does" to ask yes/no questions. Instead, it simply moves the main verb to the front of the sentence. So, while English asks "Does the child dance...?", Swedish asks Dansar barnet...? (literally: "Dances the child...?").
Could Dansar barnet bra? also mean "Is the child dancing well?"
Yes! Swedish doesn't have a separate continuous tense like English does for "is dancing". The present tense verb Dansar translates to "dances", "is dancing", and "does dance". You rely on the context to know which one makes the most sense.
Why is it barnet and not just barn?
Barn means "child", and it is an ett word. Remember that Swedish puts "the" at the end of the word instead of using a separate word in front. To say "the child", you add the -et ending directly to the noun, making it barnet.
I thought bra meant "good". Can it also mean "well"?
Yes. In Swedish, bra is used as both the adjective ("good") and the adverb ("well"). You don't need to change its spelling to describe how an action like dancing is done.
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