Breakdown of Jag svettas alltid när vi gör övningarna.
jag
I
vi
we
alltid
always
göra
to do, to make
när
when
svettas
to sweat
övningen
the exercise
Questions & Answers about Jag svettas alltid när vi gör övningarna.
Why does svettas end in an -s? Doesn't that usually make a verb passive?
Normally, yes! Adding an -s to a verb usually makes it passive. However, svettas is a deponent verb. These are special verbs that always end in -s but have a normal, active meaning. Here, it simply means sweat, not is sweated.
How do I use svettas in other tenses, like the infinitive or past tense?
Deponent verbs keep their -s ending in all forms. The infinitive is also svettas (to sweat), and the past tense is svettades (sweated). You just add the -s to the end of the normal tense conjugations.
Why does alltid come after svettas instead of before it?
In a standard Swedish main clause, sentence adverbs like alltid (always), inte (not), and ofta (often) must come immediately after the first verb. Because of this rule, you cannot say Jag alltid svettas.
How do you break down the word övningarna?
The base word is en övning (an exercise). To make it plural, we add -ar to get övningar (exercises). Finally, to make it definite (the exercises), we add the definite plural ending -na, resulting in övningarna.
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