Breakdown of Vad vill kunden ha för solros?
vad
what
ha
to have
vilja
to want to
kunden
the customer
vad ... för
what kind of (in 'vad ... för')
solrosen
the sunflower
Questions & Answers about Vad vill kunden ha för solros?
How does the vad ... för structure work here?
The phrase vad ... för means "what kind of". In Swedish, it is usually split up. Vad starts the sentence as the question word, and för goes later, right before the noun you are asking about (solros).
Why is the phrase vill ha (want to have) split up by the subject?
Swedish questions must have the main verb in the second position. Here, vill is the main verb, so it comes right after vad. The subject (kunden) must follow immediately after that, pushing the second verb (ha) further back.
Why isn't there an att (to) before ha?
Because vill is a modal verb. Just like in English where we say "I can go" instead of "I can to go", Swedish modal verbs take the infinitive form of the next verb without using att.
Why is solros in the indefinite form?
When using vad ... för to ask "what kind of", the noun that follows is always in the indefinite form. You are asking about a category or type, so it works just like English where we say "what kind of sunflower", not "what kind of the sunflower".
How is the word solros built?
It is a compound word made of sol (sun) and ros (rose). So a sunflower in Swedish is literally a "sun rose".
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