@jmah27 @Gezzza thanks a lot. one last question please. If the sentence was "how do the swedish people have such good accents when speaking English" instead, would it still be natural?

Gezzza

6 Dec 2022

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@magasum Yes! In this sentence, you are asking someone else how swedish people have such good accents because you are impressed. You might also actually be interested in how. My answer to this would probably be "because their language is very close grammatically and phonetically to English"

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magasum

6 Dec 2022

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@Gezzza thanks a lot

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Is this sentence grammatically correct and natural?

"How do you have such a good accent?"

Is this sentence grammatically correct and natural?"How do you have such a good accent?" See a translation

yes that's fine

it's basically asking why is something this way. if they have an accent and you can't understand it and it sounds that they are from a certain region of the world but you can't figure it out you would ask why do you have an accent?

There is! If someone asks you “how do you have such a good accent?” They are impressed. If they ask you “why do you have such a good accent” they are annoyed. The fact you have a good accent is surprising and irritating to them.

@magasum Yes! In this sentence, you are asking someone else how swedish people have such good accents because you are impressed. You might also actually be interested in how. My answer to this would probably be "because their language is very close grammatically and phonetically to English"

Is this sentence grammatically correct and natural?

"How do you have such a good accent?"