Learn Swedish: Är dörren stor och röd?

To ask a yes/no question in Swedish, you just swap the subject (dörren) and the verb (är). So instead of saying Dörren är stor (The door is big), you say Är dörren stor? (Is the door big?).

How do we know it means the door and not just a door?

In Swedish, the equivalent of the English word the is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it. The base word is en dörr (a door), and adding -en to the end makes it dörren (the door).

Why is it stor and röd instead of stort and rött?

Adjectives have to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because dörr is an en word (en dörr), the adjectives take their basic form: stor and röd. If we were describing an ett word like ett hus (a house), they would add a T and become stort and rött.

How is the word och usually pronounced?

Even though it is spelled och, native speakers almost always pronounce it just like the Swedish vowel å, which sounds similar to the vowel sound in the English word sore.