Breakdown of Den viktiga undersökningen hos läkaren går bra.
bra
good / well
gå
to go, to walk
viktig
important
läkaren
the doctor
den
the (with en-words)
hos
at the home or workplace of
undersökningen
the examination
Questions & Answers about Den viktiga undersökningen hos läkaren går bra.
Why do we use hos here instead of på or i?
The preposition hos is used when a location is defined by a person, like someone's home or professional workplace. Since a doctor (läkare) is a person, you use hos läkaren to mean "at the doctor's office". If you used på, it would sound like you are physically sitting on top of the doctor!
Why are both Den and -en used in Den viktiga undersökningen?
This is a classic example of Swedish "double definiteness." When a definite noun (undersökningen) has an adjective in front of it, you must also add the separate definite article (Den) at the very beginning of the phrase.
Why does the adjective viktig (important) have an -a at the end?
When an adjective is used in a definite phrase (following Den, Det, or De), it takes its definite form. For almost all adjectives, this simply means adding an -a to the end, giving us viktiga.
Why use går bra? Shouldn't "is going" be translated differently?
Swedish doesn't have a direct equivalent to the English "is + -ing" continuous form. The simple present tense går handles both "goes" and "is going". The phrase går bra is the standard way to say an event or situation "is going well".
The word undersökningen is quite long! What are its parts?
You can break it down into familiar pieces: under (under) + sök (seek) + ning (a suffix that turns a verb into a noun) + -en (the). So, an "under-seek-ing" is an investigation or examination.
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