Word
Kan du berätta allt för oss?
Meaning
Can you tell us everything?
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Kan du berätta allt för oss?
Why does this sentence use allt instead of alla or all?
In Swedish, allt acts as an indefinite pronoun meaning "everything". If you wanted to ask "Can you tell everyone?", you would use the plural form alla instead. The form all is only used together with singular en-words.
Why do we use för oss instead of till oss?
Certain Swedish verbs are always paired with specific prepositions. When you tell someone something using the verb berätta, you must use the preposition för. You tell something för someone, rather than till (to) them.
Why is the verb berätta not in the present tense (berättar)?
Because it comes after the modal verb kan (can). Just like in English, the first verb takes the tense, and the second verb stays in its basic infinitive form. So, it is kan du berätta rather than kan du berättar.
How does the word order show that this is a question?
To form a yes/no question in Swedish, you simply swap the subject and the verb. Instead of the statement Du kan (You can), you put the verb first to make it Kan du (Can you), which matches English perfectly here.