Vi ska gå hem så fort mötet slutar.

Ska is used to express a future plan or intention. In Vi ska gå hem, it means we are going to go home or we will go home.

A very literal breakdown is:

• Vi = we
• ska = shall / are going to / will
• gå hem = go home

In everyday Swedish, ska is extremely common for talking about the future.

In Swedish, hem works a lot like home in English in expressions such as go home. You normally do not use a preposition before it here.

So:

• gå hem = go home
• not gå till hem

This is very similar to English, where we say go home, not go to home.

Så fort means as soon as in this sentence.

So:

• så fort mötet slutar = as soon as the meeting ends

Be careful: fort by itself often means fast/quickly, but in the fixed expression så fort, it usually means as soon as.

This is very normal in Swedish. After words like när and så fort, Swedish often uses the present tense even when English would use a future meaning.

So Swedish says:

• så fort mötet slutar

Literally this looks like:

• as soon as the meeting ends

But the meaning is future:

• as soon as the meeting ends / as soon as the meeting is over

English does something similar here too: we usually say as soon as the meeting ends, not as soon as the meeting will end.

Mötet is the definite form of möte.

• ett möte = a meeting
• mötet = the meeting

Swedish often adds definiteness at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

So:

• möte = meeting
• mötet = the meeting

The sentence starts with the main clause:

• Vi ska gå hem = We are going home / We’ll go home

Then it adds the time clause:

• så fort mötet slutar = as soon as the meeting ends

This is a very natural word order in Swedish.

You could also start with the time clause:

• Så fort mötet slutar ska vi gå hem.

That also means the same thing, but then Swedish word order changes because the time expression comes first. The verb ska must come before the subject vi in the main clause after that fronted element.

No. They are related, but not identical.

• när = when
• så fort = as soon as

Så fort is more specific. It emphasizes that one thing happens immediately after another.

Compare:

• Vi ska gå hem när mötet slutar. = We’ll go home when the meeting ends.
• Vi ska gå hem så fort mötet slutar. = We’ll go home as soon as the meeting ends.

The second one sounds more immediate.

Sometimes ska can suggest obligation, like must or is supposed to, depending on context. But in this sentence, the most natural reading is a future plan:

• We’ll go home as soon as the meeting ends.

If the context were different, ska could sound more like an instruction or arrangement, but here it mainly signals future intention.

Both can work, depending on context.

• We will go home as soon as the meeting ends sounds straightforward and neutral.
• We’re going home as soon as the meeting ends sounds a little more conversational and like a fixed plan.

That reflects Swedish Vi ska gå hem quite well, since ska often covers both ideas.

Literally, it is:

• mötet = the meeting
• slutar = ends

So mötet slutar means the meeting ends.

Swedish often uses simple, direct verb phrases like this where English might also choose something slightly less direct, such as the meeting is over. Both are natural in translation depending on context.