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På fredag vill hon gå på en stor konsert ute.

På fredag vill hon gå på en stor konsert ute.
On Friday she wants to go to a big concert outside.
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Questions & Answers about På fredag vill hon gå på en stor konsert ute.

Why is it På fredag and not I fredag or something else?

For days of the week in Swedish, the normal preposition is på:

  • på fredag – on Friday
  • på måndag – on Monday

I is not used with days like this, so i fredag is incorrect in standard Swedish.

Compare:

  • På fredag vill hon gå på en stor konsert ute. – This coming Friday.
  • På fredagar vill hon gå på konserter. – On Fridays (in general), she wants to go to concerts.
  • På fredagen – on the Friday (a specific, already known Friday in a story).
Why is it På fredag vill hon... and not På fredag hon vill...?

Swedish main clauses follow the V2 rule: the finite verb (here vill) must be in second position in the sentence.

  • Element 1: På fredag (time adverbial)
  • Element 2: vill (finite verb)
  • Element 3: hon (subject)

So:

  • På fredag vill hon gå... ✅
  • På fredag hon vill gå... ❌ (verb is not in second position)

If you start with the subject instead, you still keep the verb second:

  • Hon vill på fredag gå på en stor konsert ute. ✅
Why do we need both vill and gå? Why not just hon vill på en konsert?

Vill is a modal verb meaning want(s) to. Modal verbs in Swedish almost always need an infinitive verb after them:

  • hon vill gå – she wants to go
  • hon vill äta – she wants to eat
  • hon vill sova – she wants to sleep

You can’t say hon vill på en konsert, because vill cannot take a prepositional phrase like på en konsert as its only complement. It wants an infinitive:

  • hon vill gå på en konsert – she wants to go to a concert ✔️
Why is it gå på en konsert and not gå till en konsert?

In Swedish, for attending many kinds of events, we typically use gå på + event:

  • gå på en konsert – go to / attend a concert
  • gå på bio – go to the cinema
  • gå på teater – go to the theatre
  • gå på fest – go to a party

Gå till focuses on physically going to the place rather than attending the event, and with concerts, gå till en konsert sounds unusual or at least much less natural.

So:

  • gå på en konsert = attend a concert (normal phrasing)
  • gå till konserten might work if you literally mean going to the concert venue, but even there gå på konserten is more idiomatic if you mean attending.
Why is it en stor konsert and not en stor konserten?

En stor konsert is indefinite – a big concert (not previously specified).
Den stora konserten / den stora konserten (with the definite ending -en and a determiner) is definite – the big concert (one we already know about).

The pattern is:

  • Indefinite: en stor konsert – a big concert
  • Definite: den stora konserten – the big concert

You cannot mix en with the definite ending:

  • en stor konserten ❌ (indefinite article with definite noun — ungrammatical)
Why does the adjective stor come before konsert, not after?

In Swedish, like in English, adjectives normally come before the noun when they are directly describing it (attributive use):

  • en stor konsert – a big concert
  • ett litet hus – a small house
  • en ny bil – a new car

Putting the adjective after the noun is only done in special, limited cases (e.g. in some fixed expressions, or after certain verbs: konserten är stor – the concert is big). So konsert stor as a noun phrase is not normal Swedish.

What exactly does ute mean here, and how is it different from utomhus?

Ute literally means out / outside and here it means outdoors – the concert is outside, not indoors.

  • en konsert ute – a concert outdoors
  • en konsert inomhus – a concert indoors

Utomhus also means outdoors. You could say:

  • På fredag vill hon gå på en stor konsert utomhus.

The difference is small in this context:

  • ute is very common, everyday speech.
  • utomhus is a bit more explicit/formal, but still perfectly normal.

Placing ute at the end is typical: place “where?”-information near the end:

  • gå på en stor konsert ute – go to a big concert outside.
Can på fredag be placed somewhere else in the sentence?

Yes, time adverbials like på fredag are quite flexible, as long as the V2 rule (verb in second position) is respected.

All of these are grammatical, with slightly different emphasis:

  • På fredag vill hon gå på en stor konsert ute.
    – Neutral, focuses a bit on when first.

  • Hon vill på fredag gå på en stor konsert ute.
    – Starts with the subject; på fredag is in the middle.

  • Hon vill gå på en stor konsert ute på fredag.
    – Time comes last; common in speech.

All keep the finite verb vill as the second element after the first constituent.

Why is it hon and not henne?

Swedish, like English, has different forms for subject and object pronouns.

  • Subject form: hon – she
  • Object form: henne – her

In this sentence, hon is the subject (the one who wants to go), so we must use the subject form:

  • Hon vill gå... – She wants to go... ✔️
  • Henne vill gå... ❌ – ungrammatical in this position.

You would use henne as an object:

  • Jag ser henne. – I see her.
Does this sentence express the future? Swedish doesn’t use a special future tense here?

Swedish often uses present tense or modal verbs for future meaning.

Here, vill is present tense (wants to), but the context På fredag clearly places the action in the future. So the sentence naturally means:

  • On Friday, she wants to go to a big concert outside.

Other ways to talk about the future:

  • På fredag ska hon gå på en stor konsert ute. – On Friday, she is going to go…
  • På fredag kommer hon att gå på en stor konsert ute. – On Friday, she will go…

In your sentence, vill focuses on her desire, not a fixed plan or prediction.