Breakdown of Vilken golvvärme låter du installeras i badrummet?
du
you (singular)
i
in
vilken
which (en) / what a (en-word, exclamatory)
badrummet
the bathroom
låta
to let, allow
golvvärmen
the underfloor heating
installera
to install
Questions & Answers about Vilken golvvärme låter du installeras i badrummet?
Why does the verb installeras end in an 's' here?
This is the causative passive construction. We use låta (here as låter) plus an object and a passive infinitive (which ends in -s) to mean 'having something done'. Since the heating is being installed by someone else, we need the passive s-infinitive installeras rather than the active installera.
How does the word order work in this causative construction since it is a question?
Normally, the object sits between låter and the passive infinitive. But because this is a question, the object is the question phrase itself (Vilken golvvärme) and gets pulled to the very front. The verb låter still takes the second position, followed by the subject du, and then the passive infinitive installeras.
Why is it Vilken golvvärme and not Vilket golvvärme?
The gender of a compound word is always determined by its final part. Here, the final word is värme (heating), which is an en-word (en värme). Therefore, the question word 'which' must agree and take the en-form Vilken.
Could I say 'Vilken golvvärme har du installerad' to mean the same thing?
No, saying har du installerad usually focuses on the finished state ('Which heating do you have installed?') or implies you might have done it yourself. To express the active arrangement of having someone else do the work, Swedish uses this låter plus passive infinitive construction.
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