Word
Vem bor du ihop med, och vad pluggar du till?
Meaning
Who do you live together with, and what are you studying to be?
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Vem bor du ihop med, och vad pluggar du till?
Why are the prepositions med and till placed at the very end of their clauses?
This is called preposition stranding, and it works exactly like it does in everyday English! Instead of asking 'With whom do you live?' (Med vem bor du?), it's much more natural in Swedish to leave the preposition at the end of the question: Vem bor du ihop med?. The exact same rule applies to the second clause, ending with till.
Why is the preposition till used with pluggar here?
The phrase plugga till (or läsa till) specifically means 'to study to become' a certain profession. So, while plugga just means 'to study', adding till changes the focus to the career goal. Vad pluggar du till? translates to 'What are you studying to be?'.
Could I use tillsammans instead of ihop?
Yes, you could easily swap them and say Vem bor du tillsammans med?. Ihop means 'together' and is extremely common in spoken Swedish, especially in everyday phrases like bo ihop (to live together) or vara ihop (to be in a relationship).
Why does the second clause say vad pluggar du instead of vad du pluggar?