Breakdown of Vad ansvarar du för i hushållet?
du
you (singular)
vad
what
i
in
för
for, to
ansvara
to be responsible
hushållet
the household
Questions & Answers about Vad ansvarar du för i hushållet?
Why is för placed after du instead of at the beginning of the sentence?
Just like in English ('What are you responsible for?'), Swedish usually leaves the preposition later in the sentence when asking a WH-question, rather than saying 'For what are you responsible?' (För vad ansvarar du?). Leaving the preposition 'stranded' like this is the most natural way to ask these questions in spoken and everyday written Swedish.
Is ansvarar a verb? In English, we say 'are responsible' using an adjective.
Yes, ansvarar is a verb! While English uses 'to be' plus the adjective 'responsible', Swedish simply uses the verb att ansvara (to be responsible / to have responsibility). That is why you don't see the verb är (are) in this sentence.
Does the verb ansvara always take the preposition för?
Yes, ansvara strongly pairs with för to mean 'responsible for'. Even though they are split up in this question, they belong together. If you were answering the question, they would be right next to each other, for example: Jag ansvarar för maten (I am responsible for the food).
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