Learn Swedish: Mottagningen är dålig och gps:en fungerar inte. - The reception is bad and the GPS doesn't work.

In Swedish, when you attach a grammatical suffix (like the definite article -en) to an initialism or acronym, you use a colon to connect them. This is standard for words like tv:n (the TV), cd:n (the CD), and vd:n (the CEO). It can be written in lowercase as shown here, or in uppercase (GPS:en).

How does the word mottagningen relate to the verb for "to receive"?

It comes from the phrasal verb ta emot (to receive). When turning phrasal verbs into nouns, Swedish often flips the particle and the verb, combining them into one word. Here, emot + ta becomes the stem mottag-, and adding the -ning suffix creates the noun mottagning (reception).

Why use fungerar instead of arbetar or jobbar for "doesn't work"?

While English uses "work" for both labor and mechanical function, Swedish makes a strict distinction. You must use fungerar (functions) for machines, systems, or plans. Arbetar and jobbar are strictly for people or animals doing labor. You can never say that a phone or a GPS jobbar.

Since this lesson is about spatial adverbs, how would I add "anywhere" to say "the GPS doesn't work anywhere"?