"Do you usually write letters?"
Translation:Brukar du skriva brev?
February 8, 2015
12 Comments
In Swedish, "Brukar" isn't an adverb like "Usually" is in English, but an auxiliary verb.
It works like "Kan" in "Kan du skriva brev"
February 8, 2015
But 'skriver du vanligtvis brev' was correct! Is there any difference in meaning vs 'brukar du skriva brev'?
August 12, 2015
Arnauti
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A small nuance, I think. Maybe you can feel it in English if you compare the sentences in the past tense instead: I used to write letters vs I usually wrote letters.
August 12, 2015
those would translate, jag brukade skriva brev, vs. jag vanligtvis skrev brev, in that order?
November 19, 2018
Close - the latter is jag skrev vanligtvis brev, due to the v2 rule. :)
November 20, 2018
The V2 rule does not apply in case of question sentence. And "brukar" is a help verb in Swedish.
May 24, 2017
- vanlig = common, and vanligt is the singular ett-word and adverb form, but it's not used like this
- vanligtvis = usually, adverb
- brukar = to habitually/usually do, verb
So they're from different word classes.
August 15, 2017
