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Short Answers in Swedish: Kortsvar
Short Answers in Swedish: Kortsvar
SWEDISH
Kortsvar
Short answers (kortsvar) is a way of answering when you have Yes/No questions
(Ja/Nej/Jo frågor).
”Talar du svenska?”
You can answer ”ja” but you can notice that it is quite a rough answer
Or you can say : ”ja, det gör jag” and here you notice that it is more curteous and
polite
Here also the auxiliary verb will be repeated in the short answer construction
Ex: Ville Martin äta frukost? Nej, det ville han inte (No, he did not)
kan du tala svenska? Ja, det kan jag (Yes, i can)
Ska Lisbet komma i dag? Ja, det ska hon (Yes, she will)
Brukar han resa? Nej, det brukar han inte
(No, he does not)
3) For all the other verbs