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På tisdagar brukar laget träna inomhus.

På tisdagar brukar laget träna inomhus.
On Tuesdays the team usually trains indoors.
From Lesson 72:Habitual time expressions (på)·Swedish

Questions & Answers about På tisdagar brukar laget träna inomhus.

Why do we use på tisdagar to express "on Tuesdays"?
To talk about a recurring habit on a specific day of the week, Swedish uses the preposition på followed by the plural, indefinite form of the day. Since "Tuesday" is en tisdag, the plural is tisdagar. Together, på tisdagar means "on Tuesdays" or "every Tuesday".
Why is the word order brukar laget and not laget brukar?
This happens because of the V2 rule! The verb must be the second piece of information in a main clause. Since the sentence starts with the time phrase På tisdagar (position 1), the verb brukar has to come right after it (position 2). The subject laget gets bumped to position 3.
How does brukar translate to "usually"?
In English, "usually" is an adverb. But in Swedish, brukar is a verb that means "to usually do" or "to be in the habit of doing". Because it acts like a helper verb, it is followed by the main action verb in its infinitive (dictionary) form. That is why we have brukar ... träna (usually train).
What is the base form of laget?
The base form is ett lag (a team). Because it is an ett-word, it takes the -et ending to become the definite form ("the team"), which gives us laget.
How is the word inomhus built?
It is made of two parts: inom (within or inside) and hus (house). Together, they form the adverb inomhus, which simply means "indoors".

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