Questions & Answers about De besöker oss idag.
Why do we use oss in this sentence?
oss is the object pronoun for "us". Just like in English, Swedish uses a different word when "we" are receiving the action instead of doing it. If we were doing the visiting, the sentence would use the subject pronoun Vi (We).
Why is the first word De instead of Dem?
De means "they" and is the subject pronoun, which means they are the people doing the action. Dem is the object pronoun meaning "them". Because they are the ones doing the visiting here, we must use De.
How do you pronounce De in this sentence?
In everyday spoken Swedish, De is almost always pronounced like the English word "dome" (dom). Even though it is written as De here, you will hear and say dom!
Can besöker also mean "are visiting"?
Yes! Swedish does not have a separate "are doing" form (present continuous tense). Because of this, besöker translates to both "visit" and "are visiting" depending on what makes sense in English.
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