  We consider the Schwinger model with two degenerate, light fermion flavors by
means of lattice simulations. At finite temperature, we probe the viability of
a bosonization method by Hosotani et al. Next we explore an analogue to the
pion decay constant, which agrees for independent formulations based on the
Gell-Mann--Oakes--Renner relation, the 2-dimensional Witten--Veneziano formula
and the $\delta$-regime. Finally we confront several conjectures about the
chiral condensate with lattice results.
