Breakdown of Har försändelsen skickats till kunden?
ha
to have
till
to (direction, destination)
kunden
the customer
skicka
to send
försändelsen
the shipment
Questions & Answers about Har försändelsen skickats till kunden?
Can we drop the preposition till here and use the double object word order?
Not in this sentence. If it were an active sentence, you could say Har du skickat kunden försändelsen? (Have you sent the customer the shipment?), placing the indirect object (kunden) right after the verb. But because this is a passive sentence where the shipment has become the subject (Har försändelsen skickats...), you must use till to show who is receiving it.
Could we use åt instead of till for the recipient?
It would change the meaning. Till kunden means the customer is the actual destination or recipient of the package. If you said åt kunden, it would mean the package was sent on behalf of or as a favor for the customer, but it went to someone else.
Why does the verb skickats end in an -s?
The -s is added to indicate the passive voice. Since the shipment isn't sending itself, we take the active supine verb skickat (sent) and add an -s to make it skickats (been sent).
What is the base dictionary form of the word försändelsen?
The base form is en försändelse (a shipment or consignment). Because it is an en-word that already ends in a vowel, you only need to add an -n to make it definite: försändelsen (the shipment).
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