Breakdown of Du lägger dig alltid sent.
du
you (singular)
alltid
always
lägga sig
to go to bed / to lie down
sent
late
Questions & Answers about Du lägger dig alltid sent.
Why does "lägger dig" mean "go to bed"?
The verb lägga normally means to lay or to put. When you use it reflexively as lägga sig (literally to lay oneself down), it is the standard Swedish expression for going to bed. Because the subject here is du, the reflexive pronoun becomes dig.
If the dictionary form is "lägga sig", why does this sentence use "dig" instead of "sig"?
Reflexive pronouns must always match the subject of the sentence. The word sig is only used for third-person subjects like he, she, it, or they. Since the subject here is du, the pronoun changes to dig.
Why does the word alltid come after dig?
In Swedish main clauses, the verb takes the second position. The reflexive pronoun (dig) is closely attached to the verb and usually comes right after it. Time adverbs like alltid are placed after the verb and its pronoun.
Why is sent spelled with a "t" at the end instead of just sen?
In this sentence, the word is acting as an adverb because it describes the action of going to bed. To turn the adjective sen into an adverb in Swedish, you add a -t to the end.