Breakdown of Simmar ni ofta på morgonen?
ni
you (plural, subject)
ofta
often
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
morgonen
the morning
simma
to swim
Questions & Answers about Simmar ni ofta på morgonen?
Why does ofta come right after ni here?
In Swedish statements, frequency adverbs like ofta usually sit right after the verb. However, because this is a question, the verb (Simmar) moves to the very front. The subject (ni) follows it, and the adverb goes right after the subject: Verb + Subject + Adverb.
Why is the sentence using ni instead of du?
ni is the plural word for "you" (like "you all" or "you guys"). This sentence is asking a group of people if they swim in the morning. If you were asking just one person, you would say Simmar du ofta på morgonen?
Why does the word for morning end with -en here (morgonen)?
In Swedish, to say you do something regularly "in the morning," you use the preposition på plus the definite (the "the") form of the noun. en morgon means "a morning," and adding the -en makes it morgonen ("the morning").
Why isn't there a word for "Do" at the start of the question?
Swedish doesn't use "do" or "does" to ask questions. Instead, you just swap the subject and the verb. The statement Ni simmar (You swim) simply becomes the question Simmar ni? (Literally: Swim you?).
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