Breakdown of Vi inreder lägenheten och lägger mattan på golvet.
vi
we
och
and
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
golvet
the floor
mattan
the rug
lägenheten
the apartment
lägga
to lay, to put down
inreda
to decorate
Questions & Answers about Vi inreder lägenheten och lägger mattan på golvet.
Why do we use lägger here instead of ligger?
Lägger means to lay or put down, and it is a transitive verb, meaning it needs a direct object. Here, the object is mattan (the carpet). If you wanted to describe the carpet already resting on the floor, you would use the intransitive verb ligger (to lie): Mattan ligger på golvet.
How do the past tense forms of lägger and ligger compare?
They follow a classic pattern for paired verbs where the vowels change. Lägga (to lay an object) is conjugated lägger, la (or lade), har lagt. Ligga (to lie/rest) conjugates as ligger, låg, har legat.
Where does the verb inreder come from?
It is built from in- (in/inside) and the verb reda (to prepare or arrange). It is a regular verb in its class, but because its root ends in a d, its past tense gets a double consonant: inredde (furnished) and har inrett (has furnished).
Why isn't the subject vi repeated before lägger?
When two verbs share the exact same subject and are joined by och (and), it is most natural in Swedish to drop the second subject. You could say och vi lägger, but skipping the second vi flows much better.
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