Breakdown of Vilka glasögon köper du hos optikern?
du
you (singular)
köpa
to buy
vilka
which (plural)
glasögonen
the glasses
hos
at the home or workplace of
optikern
the optician
Questions & Answers about Vilka glasögon köper du hos optikern?
Why do we use hos here instead of på or i?
The preposition hos is used when you are at someone's home or workplace. Since an optician is a professional person, you use hos to mean at the optician's practice or store. If you were talking about a generic physical shop building you might use i, but for professionals like doctors, dentists, or opticians, hos is the standard choice.
Why is it vilka instead of vilken or vilket?
The word for glasses, glasögon, is plural, just like in English! Because it is a plural noun, the question word which must match it by taking the plural form vilka.
How does the word optikern get its definite form meaning the optician?
The base word is optiker (optician). For professions and other nouns ending in -er, you usually just add an -n to make it definite, rather than a full -en ending. So optiker becomes optikern.
Why is the verb köper placed before du?
Swedish uses the V2 rule, meaning the verb is almost always the second block of information in a sentence. Here, the entire question phrase Vilka glasögon (Which glasses) counts as the first block. The verb köper must be the second block, pushing the subject du to the third spot.
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