Jag hinner inte hämta honom vid stationen idag.

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Breakdown of Jag hinner inte hämta honom vid stationen idag.

• idag: today
• inte: not
• vid: at

Questions & Answers about Jag hinner inte hämta honom vid stationen idag.

What does hinner mean here, and how is it different from kan or orkar?

hinna is about having enough time (or managing in time). So Jag hinner inte… means you won’t have time / won’t make it in time to do the action.

• Jag kan inte… = you can’t (ability/permission/circumstances), not necessarily time-related.
• Jag orkar inte… = you don’t have the energy (tiredness, motivation).
  In this sentence, hinner signals a time constraint: you won’t manage to pick him up today.

Why is inte placed after the verb (Jag hinner inte…)?

In a normal Swedish main clause, the finite verb comes early (the V2 rule). With a simple subject-first statement, the pattern is often:
Subject + finite verb + inte + …
So: Jag (subject) + hinner (finite verb) + inte (negation) + the rest.

Why is hämta in the infinitive, and why is there no att?

After some verbs—especially verbs that behave a bit like modals (including hinna)—Swedish commonly uses a bare infinitive (infinitive without att).
So hinner inte hämta is the natural construction.
Using att here would sound wrong in standard Swedish.