Breakdown of Laget tränar i samma bassäng som vi.
vi
we
i
in
träna
to exercise
laget
the team
som
as (in comparisons)
samma
same
bassängen
the pool (public/indoor)
Questions & Answers about Laget tränar i samma bassäng som vi.
Why is bassäng in the indefinite form? Doesn't "the same pool" require the definite form?
Even though we say "the same" in English, the Swedish word samma (same) is a special adjective that points out a specific thing all by itself. Because of this, it is always followed by the indefinite form of the noun. You will always say samma bassäng, never samma bassängen.
Why does the sentence end with som vi instead of som oss ("as us")?
In Swedish, som connects two clauses. This sentence is actually a shortened version of Laget tränar i samma bassäng som vi tränar i (The team practices in the same pool as we practice in). Because vi is the subject of that implied second verb, it stays in the subject form (vi), whereas English typically switches to the object pronoun "us" in everyday speech.
The English translation says "practices", but doesn't tränar mean "works out" or "trains"?
It means all of those! In Swedish, träna is the standard verb for working out at the gym, but it is also the word used for practicing a sport or rehearsing a physical skill. You don't use a separate word for "practice" when talking about sports teams.
How can I tell the gender of the word lag (team) from this sentence?
You can tell it is an ett-word (ett lag) by looking at the definite suffix. "The team" is laget, which ends in -et, the standard definite ending for ett-words.
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