Breakdown of Boken som du är intresserad av handlar om engelsk litteratur.
vara
to be
du
you (singular)
boken
the book
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
handla om
to be about
intresserad av
interested in
engelsk
English (adjective)
litteraturen
the literature
Questions & Answers about Boken som du är intresserad av handlar om engelsk litteratur.
Why is there no article before engelsk litteratur?
Why do we use av after intresserad instead of a word for "in"?
Prepositions rarely translate directly! In Swedish, the phrase for being "interested in" something is always intresserad av (literally "interested of").
Does handlar mean "shops" in this context?
Not here. When you pair the verb handlar with the preposition om, it creates the phrase handlar om, which means "is about". You will use this often when describing the subject of a book, movie, or conversation.
Is it correct to leave the preposition av hanging right before handlar?
Yes! The word av belongs to the phrase som du är intresserad av. Just like in everyday English ("the book you are interested in"), Swedish naturally leaves the preposition at the end of a relative clause introduced by som.
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