Vi stämmer tillsammans före giget.

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Breakdown of Vi stämmer tillsammans före giget.

• tillsammans: together
• före: before
• giget: the gig (concert)

Questions & Answers about Vi stämmer tillsammans före giget.

Why is it stämmer here?

Stämmer is the present tense of the verb stämma.

So:

• att stämma = to tune
• jag stämmer = I tune / I am tuning
• vi stämmer = we tune / we are tuning

A useful thing to remember is that Swedish verbs do not change for different persons the way English verbs do. So the same form is used with jag, du, han/hon, vi, ni, and de in the present tense.

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Does vi stämmer mean we tune or we are tuning?

It can mean either one, depending on context.

Swedish usually uses the simple present form where English might use either:

• we tune
• we are tuning

So Vi stämmer tillsammans före giget can mean:

• a general habit: We tune together before the gig
• something happening now or around now: We’re tuning together before the gig

Swedish normally does not need a separate form like English are tuning.

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What exactly does stämma mean here?