Breakdown of Vad brukar ni göra på måndagar?
ni
you (plural, subject)
vad
what
göra
to do, to make
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
måndag
Monday
bruka
to usually do
Questions & Answers about Vad brukar ni göra på måndagar?
Why do we use på måndagar to say "on Mondays"?
To talk about something you do regularly on a specific day of the week, Swedish uses the preposition på followed by the plural form of the day. Since en måndag is one Monday, måndagar is Mondays. Together, på måndagar means "on Mondays" or "every Monday".
Why is "usually" translated as the verb brukar?
In Swedish, "usually doing something" is expressed with the helper verb brukar. While English uses the adverb "usually" alongside an action verb, Swedish uses brukar followed by the infinitive form of the main verb. So, brukar ... göra literally translates to "are in the habit of ... doing".
Why are the two verbs brukar and göra separated by ni?
This is because of the Swedish verb-second rule in questions. The question word Vad takes the first spot, so the conjugated verb brukar must take the second spot. The subject ni comes immediately after that first verb, which pushes the infinitive verb göra further back in the sentence.
Just to be sure, is ni singular or plural here?
Here, ni is the plural "you" (like "you all" or "you guys"). While ni used to be used as a polite, formal singular "you" many decades ago, modern Swedish almost entirely uses du for a single person, no matter who you are speaking to.
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