Breakdown of Skulle det störa dig om vi pratade?
det
it (neuter)
vi
we
prata
to speak
dig
you (singular)
om
if, whether
skulle
would
störa
to disturb
Questions & Answers about Skulle det störa dig om vi pratade?
Why does the sentence start with Skulle?
Skulle translates to 'would'. Just like in English, using 'would' makes a question or request polite and hypothetical. It acts as an auxiliary (helper) verb here and is followed by the infinitive verb störa (to bother).
Why is pratade in the past tense if the situation is happening right now?
This is a conditional 'if' sentence. Just like in English, Swedish uses the past tense after om (if) to show that the action is hypothetical or imagined. 'If we talked' translates directly to om vi pratade.
Why use dig instead of du?
Dig is the object form of du (you). Because the hypothetical talking is what is doing the bothering, 'it' (det) is the subject and 'you' are the object receiving the action. Also, remember that dig is pronounced like the English word 'day'!
What is the word order rule for the first part of this sentence?
Because this is a yes/no question, the verb and subject swap places. The helper verb Skulle comes first, followed immediately by the subject det (it), and then the main verb störa (bother).
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