Vi planerar veckomenyn.

Because Swedish usually forms compound nouns as a single word.

Here, veckomenyn is made from:

• vecko- = week / weekly
• meny = menu

So veckomeny means weekly menu, and veckomenyn means the weekly menu.

This is very common in Swedish. Where English often uses two words, Swedish often prefers one compound word.

In Swedish, the is often expressed by adding an ending to the noun instead of using a separate word.

• en meny = a menu
• menyn = the menu

So:

• veckomeny = weekly menu
• veckomenyn = the weekly menu

The -n at the end marks the definite form. Since meny is an en-word, its definite singular form is menyn.

Vi means we.

It is the subject of the sentence, the people doing the action:

• Vi = we
• planerar = plan
• veckomenyn = the weekly menu

So the structure is very straightforward: We plan the weekly menu.

Planera is the infinitive form, meaning to plan.

Planerar is the present tense form, meaning plan / are planning.

So:

• att planera = to plan
• planerar = plan / am planning / are planning / is planning

In this sentence, Swedish needs the present tense, so it uses planerar.

No. In Swedish, verbs do not change for different persons the way they do in English.

So you get:

• jag planerar = I plan / I am planning
• du planerar = you plan / you are planning
• vi planerar = we plan / we are planning

The verb form planerar stays the same.

It can mean both.

Swedish present tense often covers both the English simple present and present continuous, depending on context.

So Vi planerar veckomenyn can be understood as:

• We plan the weekly menu
• We are planning the weekly menu

In many situations, We are planning the weekly menu may sound more natural in English, but the Swedish form is the same.

The sentence follows the normal Swedish main-clause word order:

• Vi = subject
• planerar = verb
• veckomenyn = object

So it is:

Subject + Verb + Object

This is the same basic order as in English:

We + plan + the weekly menu

Meny is an en-word in Swedish.

That means:

• en meny = a menu
• menyn = the menu

This matters because the definite ending depends on whether a noun is an en-word or an ett-word.

Since meny is an en-word, the definite singular ending is -n.

A simple approximate pronunciation for an English speaker is:

VECK-oh-meh-NYN

A few helpful notes:

• vecko- sounds roughly like VECK-oh
• meny has stress near the end, and the y sound is not exactly like English y
• the final y in Swedish is a rounded vowel, a bit like saying ee with rounded lips

You do not need perfect pronunciation right away; recognizing the compound and the definite ending is more important at first.

Yes, but it means something slightly different.

• Vi planerar veckomenyn = We are planning the weekly menu
• Vi planerar en veckomeny = We are planning a weekly menu

The original sentence refers to a specific weekly menu, not just any weekly menu.