Word
Vilken lägenhet kommer oväsendet från?
Meaning
Which apartment does the noise come from?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Vilken lägenhet kommer oväsendet från?
komma
to come
från
from
vilken
which (en) / what a (en-word, exclamatory)
lägenheten
the apartment
Questions & Answers about Vilken lägenhet kommer oväsendet från?
Why is från at the very end of the sentence instead of before vilken lägenhet?
Just like in English, Swedish often leaves prepositions at the end of a question. This is called preposition stranding. While you could technically say Från vilken lägenhet kommer oväsendet?, putting från at the end is much more natural and common in everyday Swedish.
Why use vilken instead of vilket or vilka here?
Vilken means which and has to match the gender and number of the noun it describes. Since apartment is an en-word (en lägenhet), you use vilken. If it were an ett-word like ett hus (a house), you would say vilket hus. For plurals, it would be vilka.
What is the base word for oväsendet (the noise), and why does it end in -det?
The base word is ett oväsen (a noise or a racket). Because it is an ett-word that already ends in -en, adding the standard -t for the definite form would make it awkward to pronounce. Instead, Swedish adds a -d- to bridge the gap, making the definite form oväsendet.
Why does the subject oväsendet come after the verb kommer?