Breakdown of Är det Anna som regisserar serien?
vara
to be
det
it (neuter)
Anna
Anna
serien
the series
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
regissera
to direct
Questions & Answers about Är det Anna som regisserar serien?
Why do we use som for "who" instead of vem?
The word vem is only used as a question word, like when asking "Who is that?". When "who" or "that" connects a description back to a noun, acting as a relative pronoun, you must use som. Here, som links Anna to the action she is doing.
Can I leave out som here, since we sometimes skip "who" or "that" in English?
No, you must keep it in this sentence. In Swedish, you can only drop som if it is the object of the relative clause. Because som is the subject here (it represents the person actually doing the directing), it cannot be removed.
Does the word som change if the subject is plural?
Why does the sentence start with Är det?
This is how you form a yes/no question in Swedish. You take a normal statement like Det är Anna (It is Anna) and swap the subject and the verb to put the verb first, creating Är det Anna? (Is it Anna?).
Why does the word for "the series" end in just -n instead of -en?
The word serien (the series) is the definite form of the en-word en serie (a series). Because the base word already ends in a vowel, you only need to add -n to make it definite, rather than adding an extra "e".
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