Jag vaknar alltid tidigt och jobbar i en stor stad.

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Breakdown of Jag vaknar alltid tidigt och jobbar i en stor stad.

• och: and
• stor: big
• i: in
• en: a
• staden: the city
• vakna: to wake up
• tidigt: early
• jobba: to work
• alltid: always

Questions & Answers about Jag vaknar alltid tidigt och jobbar i en stor stad.

Why does alltid appear right after vaknar in this sentence?

In Swedish main clauses, the verb typically comes in the second position. Adverbs like alltid often come directly after the verb unless there’s something else occupying that slot. So Jag vaknar alltid tidigt is a natural word order, placing the adverb right after vaknar.

Can I say Jag vaknar tidigt alltid instead?

Swedish speakers usually put adverbs like alltid directly after the verb. While Jag vaknar tidigt alltid might be understood, it sounds unnatural. The usual flow is verb → adverb → adjective/adverb, so Jag vaknar alltid tidigt is best.

Why en stor stad instead of ett stor stad?

The word stad is an en-word in Swedish. This means it takes en as its indefinite article rather than ett. Additionally, because stor modifies an en-word, it remains stor (not stort, which is for ett-words).

What’s the difference between jobbar and arbetar?

Both mean “to work,” but jobbar is slightly more informal and very commonly used in everyday speech. Arbetar is more formal. In most spoken contexts, jobbar is the go-to choice.

Why do I say Jag vaknar and not Jag vaknar mig?

Vaknar is an intransitive verb meaning “to wake up” on your own, so you don’t need a reflexive pronoun like mig. If you were to wake someone else, you’d use the transitive form väcker, as in Jag väcker min vän (“I wake my friend”).