Tag Archives: helping verbs
What do you usually, often, never do in Swedish? Posted by Chelsea B on Nov 19, 2019
Last week’s blog post was all about how helping verbs describe what we “can, need, must, may” do. In this post, we’ll discuss the Swedish word brukar, or “usually”, which also functions as a helping verb. This verb comes in handy when talking about your daily routine, what you usually do in your free…
Step up your Swedish with helping verbs Posted by Chelsea B on Nov 12, 2019
Mastering Swedish hjälpverb, or helping verbs, is a stellar skill. Once my Swedish students have good command over basic sentence structure and present tense verbs, it’s go-time for this concept in class! Helping verbs are sprinkled everywhere into everyday Swedish, and are important in building conversation skills. Swedish helping verb construction A helping verb…