Question 1

Why is the word order kommer vi instead of vi kommer?

Accepted Answer

Because the sentence starts with the time word Nu (Now). Swedish uses the V2 rule, meaning the conjugated verb (kommer) must be in the second position. To keep the verb in second place, the subject (vi) flips to immediately after the verb.

Question 2

Why use kommer att here instead of ska?

Accepted Answer

Both express the future tense. Ska is often used when there is a strong personal intention, promise, or command. Kommer att is a bit more neutral, simply stating a fact or prediction about what is going to happen. For starting a class or session, both are very common and often interchangeable.

Question 3

Could you drop the att and just say Nu kommer vi börja?

Accepted Answer

In casual spoken Swedish, yes! You will hear native speakers drop the att after kommer all the time. However, in standard written Swedish, the att is grammatically required to connect kommer with the infinitive verb börja.

Question 4

Where does the -s- in the middle of träningspasset come from?

Accepted Answer

This is a "linking s" used as glue to join two nouns together into a compound word (träning + s + passet). Not all compound words need it, but it almost always appears when the first word ends in an -ing suffix.

Question 5

Why does träningspasset end in -et?

Accepted Answer

In Swedish compound nouns, the very last word determines the gender and the definite ending. The word for a session or shift is an ett-word (ett pass). To make it definite (the session), you add the -et ending to get passet.

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