Swedish: An Essential Grammar, 2nd edition

rör, röst, in-du-stri-ar-be-ta-re.
T
AG QUESTION
comes at the end of a statement and invites a response
from the listener. In English it consists of verb + subject (+ negative):
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He likes salmon, doesn’t he? In Swedish va? or eller hur? usually suffice:
Han gillar lax, eller hur?
T
ERMINATIVE VERBS
denote an action or process implying a state of change
or leading to a change or cessation, e.g. somna, fall asleep; låsa, lock.
T
OPIC
is the position at the beginning of all main clause 
STATEMENTS
and v-questions. It is usually occupied by the subject, e.g. Vi/Studenterna
tycker om öl, We/The students like beer. But in Swedish, non-subjects,
especially 
ADVERBIAL
expressions of time or place, often occupy the
topic position, e.g. I morgon spelar jag fotboll, Tomorrow I’m playing
football.
V-
QUESTION
is a question beginning with a v-word, e.g. vad, vem, vilken,
var plus hur and när: Vad gör du? Vad are you saying?
V
ERB PHRASE
consists of a 
FINITE VERB
alone or several finite and 
NON
-
FINITE VERBS
in a chain, e.g. Han reser, He is travelling; Han måste
kunna springa, He must be able to run.
V
OICED
indicates a consonant produced with vibration of the larynx, e.g.