Vi repar varenda fredag.

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Breakdown of Vi repar varenda fredag.

• fredagen: the Friday
• repa: to rehearse (informal, music)
• varenda: every single

Questions & Answers about Vi repar varenda fredag.

What does repar mean in this sentence?

Here repar is the present tense of repa, which means to rehearse.

So Vi repar varenda fredag means We rehearse every Friday.

This verb is especially common for things like:

• music rehearsals
• band practice
• theatre rehearsals

It is a fairly everyday, spoken-style word.

Is repar connected to English repair?

No. Even though they look similar, they are different words.

• repar = rehearse
• repair in Swedish is usually reparera

So in this sentence, repar definitely does not mean repair.

Why is it repar and not some other verb form?

Because Swedish present tense is often made by adding -r to the infinitive form.

• infinitive: repa
• present tense: repar

So:

• jag repar = I rehearse
• du repar = you rehearse
• vi repar = we rehearse

A useful thing for English speakers: Swedish verbs do not change according to the subject the way English verbs do. The form repar stays the same with jag, du, vi, de, and so on.

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