"The pilots are not sleeping."

Translation: Piloterna sover inte.

[deactivated user]

They're just resting their eyelids!

[HelenCarlsson]

Like this?

[deactivated user]

Ja, exakt!

[NogoBogo]

I should hope so...

[TauTia]

Why can't I say "piloterna är inte sover" ?

[Arnauti]

There's no such construction in Swedish. Both are sleeping and sleep correspond to sover.

[ChloeWReuben]

Why is 'piloterna är sover inte' incorrect?

[Zmrzlina]

Swedish doesn't have the am/are/is verb + ing construct.

[ChloeWReuben]

Tack!

[gabrielarangel]

If I want to say "the pilots do not sleep", how would that be? Is there a way to make the difference clear?

[HelenCarlsson]

That would be the same :). You need a work-around to tell the difference, like "right now", "normally" etc.