Breakdown of Vilken patient behöver behandlingen?
behöva
to need
vilken
which (en) / what a (en-word, exclamatory)
behandlingen
the treatment
patienten
the patient
Questions & Answers about Vilken patient behöver behandlingen?
Why do we use vilken instead of vilket or vilka?
Vilken means "which", and its ending changes based on the noun it belongs to. Because patient is a singular en-word, we use vilken. If it were an ett-word, it would be vilket, and if we were asking about multiple patients ("which patients"), we would use the plural vilka.
Why is patient in its indefinite form here?
After the question words vilken, vilket, and vilka, Swedish always uses the indefinite (basic) form of the noun. So we say vilken patient, just like how in English you say "which patient" instead of "which the patient".
Is behandlingen a plural word?
No, it is the singular definite form ("the treatment"). The base word is en behandling (a treatment). To make it "the treatment", we add -en to the end to get behandlingen. The plural ("the treatments") would be behandlingarna.
Does this sentence follow the V2 (verb-second) rule?
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