Questions & Answers about Sjunger mannen låten bra?
Why does the sentence start with "Sjunger" instead of a word for "does"?
In Swedish, you form a yes/no question by moving the verb to the very beginning of the sentence. There is no helper word like "do" or "does". So, Sjunger mannen literally translates to "Sings the man?".
Since this lesson is about the infinitive ending in "-a", why does the verb here end in "-er"?
Because this sentence is in the present tense (happening right now), which usually ends in -r in Swedish. You use the infinitive form sjunga for "to sing" (like att sjunga), but here we need the active present tense sjunger to ask "does he sing?".
Both mannen and låten end in -en. What does that ending do?
It makes the words definite! For most "en" words in Swedish, you add -en to the end to say "the". So en man (a man) becomes mannen (the man), and en låt (a song) becomes låten (the song).
Why is bra used here for "well"? Doesn't it usually mean "good"?
It means both! In Swedish, bra doesn't change when you use it to describe an action instead of a thing. You use the exact same word whether you mean a "good" song or singing a song "well".