"Jag brukar springa på stranden."

Translation: I usually run on the beach.

[garth188776]

Any reason why this can't translate to 'I usually run at the beach'? Is there a different way to say that in Swedish?

[jaiirapetjan]

Imo, I think "I usually run along the beach" should be accepted. It just seems to be more how I'd say it.

[Zmrzlina]

But that'd be längs stranden in Swedish though.

[jaiirapetjan]

I suspected as much. That's why I did not press the "report an error" -- "my answer should be accepted" button. :) Tack Zmrzlina.

[eronth]

wait, is brukar a verb? Is 'usually' a verb in swedish?

[dave527603]

I came to ask a similar thing: what is the English verb (phrase?) construction most like what brukar is/means.

[Pajander]

"I tend to run on the beach" would be one, I think.

[devalanteriel]

Yes, it's the most similar one but it's not a direct translation. We actually have tendera for that in Swedish. For instance, you might tend to do something without usually doing it.

[eschenschatten]

Why is "I usually run at the beach wrong?

[devalanteriel]

It's probably just missing. The translation is fine.

[RaptorsOnBikes]

In class we've been looking at word orders and changing them up a bit. Thought I'd give it a shot here but it didn't work. I said På stranden brukar jag springa.

Just wanted to ask - is that grammatically wrong? Or does it mean something more like "On the beach, I usually run"?
It seems to fit the word order cheat sheet I have, but I'm not sure if I'm just not understanding it properly or if my line just means something slightly different :)

[Arnauti]

Yes, it would mean 'On the beach I usually run' – i.e., whenever you're on the beach, you run. Swedish and English word order work roughly the same for this kind of thing.

[unfetteredferret]

for me that is the tricky part about Duo, when you want to know many ways of saying the same thing; you get taught a few examples but if you wanna play around with word order, bob's your uncle - half the time I wonder if it was really a mistake or whether it just could not be accepted as a translation in that exercise. I'm not really fond of going to the discussions' section every time to find out though...

[FunSprint]

What would jag brukar springer på stranden mean, if anything?

[Arnauti]

Nothing, or it could mean you use 'springer' on the beach, and I'd ask you what 'springer' is. :D

[Kevinlinton_]

Why is this not springer? Isnt the infinitive used when it is "to XYZ"?

[devalanteriel]

Correct, but brukar is actually the main verb, so that gets the present tense. And springa is the infinitive.

[kirakrakra]

Kevin! Do you mean that "to" followed by a verb in infinitive in En. is att + infinitive in Sw. This is not correct if the whole thing is preceeded by a modal verb: I want to run = Jag vill springa, e.g. in Sw. you then have only the infinitive form without "att"

Modalt hjälpverb
https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modalt_hj%C3%A4lpverb

Svensk grammatik och ordbildning, regler och övningar. Svenska för invandrare, ...
http://www.tallstugan.se/0086.aspx