Jag vill egentligen bara gå hem och sova.

Because vilja works like a modal/helping verb in Swedish when it is followed by another verb.

So Swedish says:

• Jag vill gå hem. = I want to go home.
• not Jag vill att gå hem in this meaning

After vill, the next verb stays in the infinitive form:

• gå
• sova

This is very common with verbs like kan, ska, måste, vill.

They are in the infinitive because they depend on vill.

The structure is:

• Jag = subject
• vill = finite verb
• gå hem och sova = what the speaker wants to do

So gå and sova are not separately conjugated. Compare:

• Jag vill gå hem.
• Jag vill sova.
• Jag vill gå hem och sova.

You would not say jag vill går hem or jag vill sover.

In this sentence, egentligen adds a nuance like:

• really
• actually
• honestly
• deep down

So Jag vill egentligen bara gå hem och sova suggests something like:

• What I really want is just to go home and sleep
• Honestly, I just want to go home and sleep

It often softens or clarifies what the speaker truly feels, especially if there are other possibilities or expectations in the situation.

Bara means only or just.

Here it limits the speaker’s wish:

• Jag vill egentligen bara gå hem och sova. = I really just want to go home and sleep.

It gives the feeling that the speaker does not want anything complicated or extra—just those simple things.

Compare:

• Jag vill gå hem och sova. = neutral
• Jag vill bara gå hem och sova. = I just want that, nothing more

Because hem expresses direction: homeward / home.

• gå hem = go home
• vara hemma = be at home

This is an important Swedish distinction:

• hem = movement toward home
• hemma = location at home

So:

• Jag går hem nu. = I’m going home now.
• Jag är hemma nu. = I’m at home now.

In Swedish, hem often works by itself after verbs of movement.

So Swedish normally says:

• gå hem = go home
• åka hem = go home
• komma hem = come home

You usually do not need till here.

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

Yes. Swedish works like English here.

• gå hem och sova = go home and sleep
• literally: go home and sleep

The second verb sova is understood as part of the same infinitive phrase after vill. You do not need to repeat anything.

Compare:

• Jag vill äta och vila. = I want to eat and rest.
• Hon vill stanna och läsa. = She wants to stay and read.

So och sova is completely natural.

Both adverbs affect the sentence, but egentligen bara is the more natural order here.

• egentligen = really / actually
• bara = just / only

Together, they give the idea:

• I really just want...

If you switch them, the emphasis changes and it may sound less natural in this context.

So:

• Jag vill egentligen bara gå hem och sova. = very natural
• Jag vill bara egentligen gå hem och sova. = awkward for most situations

A good way to hear it is:

• egentligen comments on the speaker’s true feeling
• bara limits what they want

So first the speaker signals what they truly feel, then says that it is only this one thing.

Not always. Vill can sometimes sound a bit softer in Swedish than want does in English, depending on context.

In this sentence, Jag vill egentligen bara gå hem och sova sounds very natural and not rude. It often expresses tiredness, honesty, or a wish to leave.

If you wanted something more like I would like to..., Swedish might use:

• Jag skulle vilja gå hem.

But in everyday speech, jag vill is extremely common and often perfectly normal.

Yes, and the meaning changes slightly each time.

• Jag vill gå hem och sova. = I want to go home and sleep.

• Jag vill bara gå hem och sova. = I just want to go home and sleep.

• Jag vill egentligen gå hem och sova. = I really/actually want to go home and sleep.

• Jag vill egentligen bara gå hem och sova. = I really just want to go home and sleep.

So egentligen and bara are not required for grammar, but they add important nuance.

Yes, very natural.

A native speaker could easily say this when they are:

• tired
• overwhelmed
• done with a social event
• not interested in other plans

It sounds conversational and idiomatic. The combination gå hem och sova is especially common in everyday Swedish.