Word
Hur gör du det?
Meaning
How do you do it?
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Hur gör du det?
Is gör a regular verb?
No, it is a very common irregular verb. It is the present tense of att göra (to do / to make). While regular verbs usually add -ar or -er in the present tense, this one belongs to a group of highly used, short irregular verbs that you simply have to memorize.
Why does the Swedish sentence only have one gör when the English translation has two ("How do you do it")?
Swedish doesn't use a helper verb to ask questions. While English adds an extra "do" just to form a question, Swedish only uses the main action verb. Word-for-word, the Swedish sentence is simply "How do you it?".
Why is the word order gör du instead of du gör?
This is because of the Swedish "V2 rule", which says the verb must usually be the second piece of information in a sentence. Since the question word Hur (How) takes the first spot, the verb gör must jump into the second spot, pushing the subject du into third place.
Could this sentence also mean "How do you make it?"
Yes! Swedish doesn't distinguish between "do" and "make". The verb gör covers both actions, so Hur gör du det? can mean either "How do you do it?" or "How do you make it?" depending entirely on the context of the conversation.