Hon förtjänar mer tid.

Because tid means time, and in this sentence it is an uncountable noun. In Swedish, mer is used with uncountable nouns, while fler is used with countable plural nouns.

• mer tid = more time
• fler timmar = more hours

So Hon förtjänar mer tid is correct.

Förtjänar is the present tense of the verb förtjäna, which means to deserve.

A few common forms are:

• infinitive: att förtjäna = to deserve
• present: förtjänar = deserves
• past: förtjänade = deserved
• supine: förtjänat = deserved

So Hon förtjänar mer tid literally follows the pattern she deserves more time.

In Swedish, many verbs in the present tense end in -r. That is the normal present-tense marker for a large group of verbs.

For example:

• jag talar = I speak
• hon arbetar = she works
• han förtjänar = he deserves

So the -r in förtjänar is just the normal present-tense ending.

Swedish does not need an extra helping verb here. English often uses does in questions or emphasis, but in a normal statement like this, Swedish simply uses the main verb.

• Hon förtjänar mer tid. = She deserves more time.

There is no separate word corresponding to English does in this kind of sentence.

Because tid here is being used in a general, uncountable sense. Swedish often leaves out the article in cases like this, just as English does with time in more time.

Compare:

• mer tid = more time
• en tid = a period of time / a time

In this sentence, the speaker means a greater amount of time, not one specific unit of time, so mer tid is correct.

Yes, in this sentence it is very similar to English:

• Hon = subject
• förtjänar = verb
• mer tid = object/complement

So the structure is basically:

Subject + verb + object

However, Swedish has the V2 rule, which means the verb must come second in main clauses. If you move something else to the front, the subject usually comes after the verb.

For example:

• Hon förtjänar mer tid.
• I dag förtjänar hon mer tid.

So the simple sentence looks English-like, but Swedish word order can shift in ways English does not.

Yes, mera is possible, but mer is much more common in modern everyday Swedish.

So:

• Hon förtjänar mer tid. = most natural in ordinary speech and writing
• Hon förtjänar mera tid. = also correct, but a bit less common or sometimes more stylistically marked

For a learner, mer is the safest choice.

Not exactly. Swedish hon is pronounced roughly like hohn, with a long o sound. It is not pronounced like the casual English word hon.

Also remember:

• hon = she
• han = he

Those two are easy to mix up at first, so it is worth practicing them carefully.

The tricky parts are ö and tj.

A rough guide:

• för contains ö, a vowel sound that does not exist exactly in English
• tj in tjän is pronounced like a soft sh-type sound in many accents, though not exactly the English sh

Very roughly, learners often approximate it as something like:

fur-SHEN-ar

That is only an approximation, but it can help at first. The real Swedish pronunciation is softer and more fronted than standard English sounds.

They are different in meaning:

• förtjäna = to deserve
• behöva = to need

So:

• Hon förtjänar mer tid. = She deserves more time.
• Hon behöver mer tid. = She needs more time.

A person can need more time without necessarily deserving it, and someone can deserve more time even if the sentence is not focusing on practical need. So förtjänar is stronger and more about fairness or worth.

Normally, no. Swedish usually requires the subject to be stated.

So you say:

• Hon förtjänar mer tid.

Not usually just:

• Förtjänar mer tid.

You may hear omitted subjects in very informal speech, notes, or headlines, but standard Swedish normally includes the subject pronoun.

In normal use, förtjäna means deserve. It is about merit, worth, or what someone should get.

If you want to say earn in the sense of getting money, Swedish usually uses tjäna:

• Hon tjänar mycket pengar. = She earns a lot of money.
• Hon förtjänar mer tid. = She deserves more time.

So even though the words are related in form, they are used differently.

Yes, Swedish can expand the phrase depending on what kind of more time you mean.

For example:

• Hon förtjänar mer tid. = She deserves more time.
• Hon förtjänar mer av din tid. = She deserves more of your time.

The original sentence is broad and natural. Adding av din tid makes it more specific.