Questions & Answers about Jag är väldigt trött idag.
Can I move the time word "idag" to the beginning? What happens to word order?
Yes. If you start with a time word like Idag, Swedish puts the finite verb second (the V2 rule).
- Neutral: Jag är väldigt trött idag.
- Time first: Idag är jag väldigt trött.
- More formal/contrastive: Jag är idag väldigt trött.
How do I pronounce the separate words?
- Jag: roughly “yah”; the final g is often very soft or silent (both “yah” and “yag” occur).
- är: similar to “air” but shorter/cleaner; with a tapped/rolled r (dialect varies).
- väldigt: ä like “bed”; stress on the first syllable: “VEL-dit”.
- trött: ö like French “eu” in “peur” (or British “bird,” rounded); short vowel + long tt.
- idag: “ee-DAHG”; many drop the final g (“ee-DAH”). Sentence stress typically falls on trött here.
Should I write "idag" or "i dag"?
Both are correct. Two-word i dag is more traditional and common in formal writing; one-word idag is very common in everyday writing. Be consistent. The same choice exists for i morgon/imorgon, i kväll/ikväll, i går/igår.