Breakdown of Flög hon hem efter tävlingen?
hon
she
hem
home
efter
after
tävlingen
the competition
flyga
to fly
Questions & Answers about Flög hon hem efter tävlingen?
Why is the past tense of "to fly" flög instead of having an ending like "-de"?
Flög comes from the verb flyga. It belongs to Group 4, which consists of strong verbs. Instead of adding a past tense suffix at the end of the word, these verbs change their main vowel in the past tense. Here, the y in flyga changes to ö to make flög.
Why does the sentence use hem instead of hemma for "home"?
In Swedish, there is a strict difference between moving towards a place (direction) and being at a place (location). Because she is traveling to her house, we use the direction word hem (homewards). If she were already resting at her house, you would use the location word hemma (at home).
Why does the sentence start directly with Flög instead of a word for "Did"?
To form a yes/no question, Swedish simply puts the main verb in the very first position: Flög hon...? (literally "Flew she...?"). Swedish does not use helper words like "do" or "did" to ask questions.
How is the word tävlingen built?
It comes from the "en" word en tävling (a competition), which is built from the verb att tävla (to compete). Because we are talking about "the competition", we add the definite ending -en to get tävlingen.
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