Breakdown of Kan du bekräfta om informationen stämmer?
du
you (singular)
kunna
to be able to, can
informationen
the information
om
if, whether
stämma
to be correct
bekräfta
to confirm
Questions & Answers about Kan du bekräfta om informationen stämmer?
Does om mean 'if' or 'whether' in this sentence?
It actually means both! In Swedish, the word om is used to start subordinate clauses for both 'if' and 'whether'. In this sentence, thinking of it as 'whether' might feel more natural to an English speaker, but 'if' works perfectly too.
Why doesn't the part after om use reversed word order like a normal question?
Even though the whole sentence is a question, the actual 'asking' part happens at the beginning with Kan du (Can you). The phrase starting with om is a subordinate clause. Subordinate clauses almost always use straight word order, which means the subject (informationen) comes right before the verb (stämmer).
Why is the verb stämmer used here instead of saying something like är rätt (is right)?
The verb att stämma is a very common and natural way in Swedish to express that something is correct, true, or accurate. You could technically say om informationen är rätt, but native speakers strongly prefer stämmer in contexts like this.
Why is bekräfta (confirm) missing the word att (to) before it?
This is because it comes right after kan (can), which is a modal verb. Just like in English where you say 'can confirm' rather than 'can to confirm', Swedish modal verbs are followed directly by the bare infinitive form of the main verb without att.
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