Breakdown of I grunden är vi överens.
vara
to be
komma överens
to agree, to get along
grunden
the foundation, the basis
Questions & Answers about I grunden är vi överens.
Why is "agree" translated as "är överens" instead of a verb like "håller med"?
In Swedish, håller med means "agree with someone or something". When you want to say that two or more people share the same opinion mutually, you use the phrase att vara överens (literally "to be in agreement"). Since the sentence means "we agree" with each other, är vi överens is the natural choice.
What does I grunden literally mean?
It literally means "in the foundation" or "in the basis" (en grund is a foundation). As a fixed expression, it is used exactly like "fundamentally", "basically", or "at bottom" in English.
Why is the word order är vi and not vi är?
This is the Swedish V2 (verb-second) rule in action. Because the sentence starts with the phrase I grunden, that entire phrase takes up the first position. The verb är must come in the second position, pushing the subject vi to the third position.
Does the word överens change if the subject is singular or plural?
No, överens never changes its form. Whether you are talking about one person agreeing with another (jag är överens med dig) or multiple people agreeing as in this sentence (vi är överens), the word stays exactly the same.
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