Questions & Answers about Min telefon funkar inte idag.
Why does the sentence use funkar instead of fungerar?
Funkar is a highly common, casual version of fungerar (works). In spoken Swedish and informal writing, you will hear and see funkar used almost all the time instead of the full word.
Why is it min telefon and not min telefonen?
In Swedish, when you use a possessive pronoun like min (my), the noun that follows must be in its indefinite form. Even though you are talking about a specific phone, the possessive word already makes it definite, so you drop the -en ending.
Could I start the sentence with idag instead?
Yes, but if you do, you must follow the V2 rule (the verb must be in the second position). The sentence would become Idag funkar inte min telefon.
Why does inte come before idag?
In a standard main clause, the negative word inte comes directly after the verb. Time expressions like idag generally belong at the very end of the sentence.