Questions & Answers about Ni är ofta trötta.
Why does the word for tired end with an "a" in trötta?
Because the subject of the sentence, Ni (you plural), refers to more than one person. In Swedish, when an adjective describes a plural subject, it usually gets an -a at the end. The base word is trött, so it becomes trötta.
Does Ni mean one person or multiple people here?
It means multiple people, like "you all" or "you guys" in English. If you were talking to just one person, you would use Du instead, and the adjective would drop the plural ending: Du är ofta trött.
Why is ofta placed after the verb är, instead of before it like in English?
In Swedish, the verb is almost always the second piece of information in a basic sentence. Since the subject Ni is in the first position, the verb är must come second. That pushes adverbs like ofta to the spot right after the verb.
I noticed trötta has two T's in the middle. Does that change how it is pronounced?
Yes! A double consonant tells you that the vowel right before it (the ö) is pronounced short and crisp. If it only had one T, the ö sound would be drawn out longer.