"De verkar tillämpa samma system."

Translation: They seem to apply the same system.

[person222222]

What does this mean? It's grammatical in English, but I can't quite make sense of the meaning.

[French_n_Swedish]

Yes I alsohave this question, or a similar one.
There are a FEW times I can imagine saying this, but not nearly as much as I can imagine saying 'They seem to HAVE the same system.' - For example 'In front wheel drive cars they normally use this system. This car is all-wheel drive but it seems to have the same system.'

'Apply' a system might be used where a very complicated set of rules were laid down in a given situation, maybe in Test Cricket or something, 'When the lighting is bad, the umpires apply the Duckworth-Lewis system. They apply the same system when it rains or when anything stops play.' Random example, but that's just my point, it's pretty hard to find a use for 'applying a system' otherwise.

[Jeanbean425734]

I wonder if there are other words DuoLingo will allow instead of the word "apply." I have never heard anyone "apply" a system. It would have to be "use," "utilize," or "have." You can't really apply a system because the fact that you have a system in place means it is automatically applied all the time.

[CapdeBurro]

Would "the same systems" also be "samma system"?

[Lundgren8]

Yes. :)

[CapdeBurro]

Tack

[gabruelsch]

why isn't it samma systemet...?

and thanx

[MarcinM85]

A definite form is never used after "samma".

[jon-stewart]

I tried "they seem to use the same system", which I think is better English, if not a literal translation, but it was not accepted.

[Jeanbean425734]

I suspect they are trying to teach us the word for "apply" as opposed to "use."

tillämpa = apply
använda = use

I agree, "use the same system" sounds better in English.