Det versus den in Swedish

I think. Jag tänker.

So the remaining ones then, you think would become du tänker. What about he thinks?

Han tänker. And she thinks? Hon tänker. It thinks, den or det tänker. You people or you guys think, ni tänker.

They think, de tänker. And then finally, we think, vi tänker.

So to say to do in Swedish, you would say att göra, att göra. And when you're changing the verb as in I do, so you get jag gör, gör. And the remaining ones of course then are easy. It becomes du gör, you do.

So he does, han gör. She does, hon gör. And the remaining ones of course, den, det gör, ni gör, de gör for they do.

And then finally, vi gör for we do. So do you remember from the previous lessons how we said eat, like to eat?

Att äta, äta.

So how would you then say I eat? And this verb ends with ER.

Jag äter.

So to say here in Swedish, as in a place, here, you would say här, här. So how would you then say, can I eat here?

Kan jag äta här?

Good. What about "it's a formality"?

Det är en formalitet. So in these types of sentences, we would actually say "det är". We would not say "den är". We're talking about a concept. So when we're talking about "det" as a type of concept, we usually say "det".

Det är en formalitet. It's a formality. But if we're talking about "it" as in a object, like an object in front of us, then we usually use "den".

So how do you say "do you have electricity"?

Har ni elektricitet? Har ni elektricitet? And you of course don't have to think about the "do", the "do" is irrelevant here.

I can't do it. I have integrity.

So to "do", we had this just recently, and that was "göra". Att göra. And when you change it, it becomes "gör". So "I can't do it", the first part, how do you say that?

Jag kan inte göra det.

I have integrity.

Jag har integritet. Jag kan inte göra det, jag har integritet. So to say "to have", we had this previously, "jag vill ha", "I want to have". So "jag har" is "I have". I have, jag har.

And the remaining ones, du har, han har, hon har, den, det har, ni har, de har, as in "they have", and vi har, as in "we have". So how did you say to do? To do. Att göra.

What about she does?

Hon gör.

And what about we do?

Vi gör.

What are you doing? To say what, you would use the word vad. And notice it's very similar to English, so what becomes vad. So what are you doing in Swedish now? What are you doing?

Vad gör du? And don't translate the are, don't say vad är du gör. Vad är du gör, this is a very English way of speaking. We wanna get rid of that, we want to think in Swedish. And what we're thinking is what do you. That's how you would say the question.

And the reason for that is that you have the statement you do, du gör. The question, you switch them up, so it becomes gör du. And of course you put the what in the beginning, vad. So vad gör du? What do you, or what are you doing?

You can do it. You can do it. If you want to inspire someone, how would you say that?

So you can is du kan. Do, we're using the dictionary form, the to form, göra. You get du kan göra det. Du kan göra det.

What can you do? How would you say that?

Vad kan du göra?

Vad kan du göra?