Breakdown of Vandrade ni på fjället i helgen?
ni
you (plural, subject)
i
in
helgen
the weekend
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
vandra
to hike
fjället
the mountain (fell, above tree line)
Questions & Answers about Vandrade ni på fjället i helgen?
How do we form the past tense of the verb to hike here?
The infinitive is att vandra (to hike). Because it is a regular Group 1 verb, we form the past tense by simply adding -de to the end. For Group 1 verbs, the stem is exactly the same as the infinitive, making it vandrade (hiked).
Why isn't there a word for 'did' in this question?
English uses helper verbs like 'do' or 'did' to ask questions, but Swedish does not. To turn a statement into a question in Swedish, you just swap the verb and the subject. The statement ni vandrade (you hiked) becomes the question vandrade ni (literally: hiked you).
Does fjället mean any kind of mountain?
Not quite! A fjäll refers specifically to the high, barren, often treeless mountains found in Scandinavia (known in English as fells). For mountains in general, like the Alps, Swedish uses the word berg. Notice that the -et ending makes it definite: fjället means 'the mountain'.
How does i helgen translate to 'this weekend'?
In Swedish, combining the preposition i with the definite form of a time word often points to the nearest instance of that time. Because the verb vandrade is in the past tense, i helgen (literally 'in the weekend') is automatically understood from the context as 'this past weekend'.
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