Lagkamraten förklarar turordningen.

Because lagkamraten is the definite singular form of lagkamrat.

• lagkamrat = teammate / team-mate
• lagkamraten = the teammate

In Swedish, the definite article is often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it.

So:

• en lagkamrat = a teammate
• lagkamraten = the teammate

This -en ending is very common for common-gender nouns.

Yes, it is one word. Swedish very often forms compound nouns as a single word.

Here:

• lag = team
• kamrat = mate / companion / friend
• lagkamrat = teammate

English sometimes writes similar ideas as two words or with a hyphen, but Swedish usually prefers one compound word.

This is extremely common in Swedish, so getting used to long compound nouns is important.

No. In this sentence, lag means team.

Swedish lag can mean two different things depending on context:

• lag = team
• lag = law

In lagkamrat, it clearly means team, because lagkamrat is a fixed compound meaning teammate.

förklarar is the present tense of the verb förklara, which means to explain.

So:

• förklara = to explain
• förklarar = explains / is explaining

A key difference from English is that Swedish verbs do not change depending on the subject:

• jag förklarar = I explain / am explaining
• du förklarar = you explain / are explaining
• han/hon förklarar = he/she explains / is explaining
• de förklarar = they explain / are explaining

The form stays the same.

Because Swedish often uses the simple present where English can use either:

• explains
• is explaining

So förklarar can mean both, depending on context.

In this sentence, Lagkamraten förklarar turordningen could naturally mean:

• The teammate explains the order
• The teammate is explaining the order

English chooses between simple present and progressive more often than Swedish does.

For the same reason as lagkamraten: it is a definite singular noun.

• turordning = turn order / sequence / order of turns
• turordningen = the turn order / the sequence

Again, Swedish usually puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word before it.

So:

• en turordning = a turn order / an order
• turordningen = the turn order

Turordning is a compound noun:

• tur = turn
• ordning = order

Together, turordning means something like:

• turn order
• order of turns
• sequence
• sometimes priority order, depending on context

So it is about who goes when, or the order in which people do something.

Because this is a normal Swedish main clause with standard subject–verb–object order:

• Lagkamraten = subject
• förklarar = verb
• turordningen = object

So the structure is:

The teammate + explains + the turn order

That is very similar to basic English word order.

Yes, but it changes the sentence type.

• Lagkamraten förklarar turordningen. = a statement
• Förklarar lagkamraten turordningen? = Is the teammate explaining the turn order? / Does the teammate explain the turn order?

Swedish yes/no questions often put the verb first.

So changing the order changes it from a statement to a question.

Because Swedish usually marks definiteness with a suffix attached to the noun.

Compare:

• English: the teammate

• Swedish: lagkamraten

• English: the turn order
• Swedish: turordningen

This is one of the biggest structural differences from English. Instead of a separate article before the noun, Swedish often uses an ending like -en or -et.

It depends on the noun’s grammatical gender.

Swedish nouns are mainly of two genders:

• common gender: usually takes en in the indefinite form and -en in the definite singular
• neuter gender: usually takes ett in the indefinite form and -et in the definite singular

In this sentence:

• en lagkamrat → lagkamraten
• en turordning → turordningen

Both are common-gender nouns, so they use -en in the definite singular.

A rough guide is:

• förklarar ≈ fur-KLA-rar, but that is only approximate

The ö sound does not exist exactly like this in standard English. It is a rounded vowel, somewhat similar to the vowel in British English bird for some speakers, but with lip rounding.

A few pronunciation notes:

• stress is mainly on kla
• the r sounds are Swedish, not English r
• the final -ar is a normal present-tense ending for many verbs

If you are learning pronunciation, it is worth listening to native audio, because Swedish vowels are very important.

You would change the verb:

• Lagkamraten förklarar turordningen. = The teammate explains / is explaining the turn order.
• Lagkamraten förklarade turordningen. = The teammate explained the turn order.

Here:

• förklara = infinitive
• förklarar = present
• förklarade = past

The nouns stay the same unless the meaning changes.

Usually it specifically means a teammate, especially in sports, games, or any organized team activity.

Because kamrat by itself can mean friend, mate, or companion, learners sometimes wonder if it is broader. But lagkamrat normally has the clear meaning teammate.

So in most contexts, colleague would be a different word, such as kollega.