Är du van vid att jobba hemifrån nu, eller känns det fortfarande svårt?

Van vid means used to or accustomed to.

So:

• Är du van vid att jobba hemifrån nu?
  = Are you used to working from home now?

A useful pattern is:

• vara van vid något = to be used to something
• vara van vid att + infinitive = to be used to doing something

Examples:

• Jag är van vid kaffe. = I’m used to coffee.
• Jag är van vid att gå upp tidigt. = I’m used to getting up early.

In standard Swedish, the normal pattern is van vid att + infinitive.

So this sentence uses the standard structure:

• van vid att jobba

Native speakers may sometimes say shorter or more informal variants in speech, but for learners, van vid att is the safest and most natural choice.

Think of it as a fixed expression:

• Jag är van vid att läsa på kvällen.
• Hon är inte van vid att köra i snö.

Because after van vid, Swedish normally uses att + infinitive when the next idea is a verb action.

So:

• att jobba = to work
• att läsa = to read
• att resa = to travel

In this sentence:

• van vid att jobba hemifrån
  = used to working from home

Even though English often uses -ing after used to, Swedish uses att + infinitive here.

Both mean to work.

• jobba = very common, everyday, slightly less formal
• arbeta = a bit more formal or neutral

In normal spoken Swedish, jobba is extremely common, so it sounds very natural here.

You could also say:

• Är du van vid att arbeta hemifrån nu...?

That is correct too, but a little more formal in tone.

Because jobba hemifrån is the usual Swedish expression for work from home.

• hemma = at home
• hemifrån = from home

So:

• Jag jobbar hemma. = I work at home.
• Jag jobbar hemifrån. = I work from home.

Both can be understandable in some contexts, but when talking about remote work, jobba hemifrån is the most idiomatic choice.

Nu means now, and its placement here gives the sense of by now / now at this point.

• Är du van vid att jobba hemifrån nu?
  = Are you used to working from home now?

It suggests that some time has passed, so the speaker is asking whether the person has gotten used to it yet.

If you moved nu, the sentence might still be possible, but this placement sounds very natural.

Because this is a direct question, and Swedish yes/no questions usually have verb-first word order.

Statement:

• Det känns fortfarande svårt.
  = It still feels difficult.

Question:

• Känns det fortfarande svårt?
  = Does it still feel difficult?

So the verb känns comes before the subject det because it is a question.

Here det is a general it.

It refers to the situation or experience of working from home.

So:

• känns det fortfarande svårt?
  literally: does it still feel difficult?
• natural English: does it still feel difficult? / is it still hard?

Swedish often uses det this way when talking about a situation, experience, or general feeling.

Fortfarande means still.

In this sentence:

• känns det fortfarande svårt?
  = does it still feel difficult?

It often comes after the subject in statements:

• Det känns fortfarande svårt.

In questions, since the verb comes first, it naturally appears after the subject:

• Känns det fortfarande svårt?

So its position is normal here.

Because svårt is the neuter form of the adjective svår.

The forms are:

• svår = common gender singular
• svårt = neuter singular / adverb-like use
• svåra = plural / definite

After verbs like vara, kännas, bli, Swedish often uses the neuter form when describing a whole situation or action:

• Det är svårt. = It is difficult.
• Det känns svårt. = It feels difficult.
• Att jobba hemifrån är svårt. = Working from home is difficult.

So svårt is exactly what we expect here.

It is one sentence containing two coordinated yes/no questions linked by eller (or).

The two parts are:

• Är du van vid att jobba hemifrån nu
• eller känns det fortfarande svårt

In English, we also do this:

• Are you used to working from home now, or does it still feel difficult?

So the structure is very natural.

Yes, depending on the nuance.

• eller = or
  This is the normal choice here because the speaker presents two alternatives.

You could also say things like:

• men = but
  Är du van vid att jobba hemifrån nu, men känns det fortfarande svårt?
  This version does not sound natural here.

So in this sentence, eller is definitely the right conjunction.

If you wanted a different structure, you might say:

• Är du van vid att jobba hemifrån nu, eller tycker du fortfarande att det är svårt?

That is also natural, but slightly different in wording.

It sounds very natural and idiomatic.

Why it works well:

• Är du van vid... is a common way to ask if someone is used to something.
• jobba hemifrån is the standard everyday phrase for work from home.
• känns det fortfarande svårt? is a natural way to ask about someone’s experience or feeling.

So this is the kind of sentence you could easily hear in a real conversation.

A native speaker would usually stress the key meaning words, especially:

• van
• jobba hemifrån
• fortfarande
• svårt

So the rhythm might sound something like:

• Är du VAN vid att jobba hemifrån nu, eller känns det fortfarande SVÅRT?

The unstressed words, like du, vid, att, det, are usually lighter.

You do not need to pronounce every word with equal weight; Swedish sounds more natural when the important content words get the main stress.