Jag vet inte exakt var stationen ligger.

In Swedish, veta means to know in the sense of knowing a fact or piece of information.

• Jag vet = I know
• Jag kan usually means I can / I am able to, or sometimes I know how to

So here, since the sentence is about knowing information about the station’s location, vet is the correct verb.

Examples:

• Jag vet var han bor. = I know where he lives.
• Jag kan simma. = I can swim.

Because this is a normal main clause in Swedish, and the finite verb usually comes in the second position. This is the V2 rule.

So the structure is:

• Jag = subject
• vet = finite verb
• inte = negation

That gives: Jag vet inte ...

This is very common in Swedish:

• Jag förstår inte. = I do not understand.
• Hon kommer inte idag. = She is not coming today.

Exakt var is the most natural order here when you mean exactly where.

So:

• Jag vet inte exakt var stationen ligger. = I don’t know exactly where the station is.

You may sometimes hear other word orders in speech, but exakt var is the standard and safest choice for learners.

Because var is used for location (where?) and vart is used for direction (to where?).

Here, the sentence asks about the station’s location, not movement.

• Var ligger stationen? = Where is the station located?
• Vart går du? = Where are you going?

A useful shortcut:

• var = where something is
• vart = where something is going

Stationen is the definite form of station and means the station.

In Swedish, definiteness is often shown by adding an ending to the noun:

• en station = a station
• stationen = the station

So instead of a separate word like the, Swedish usually adds the definite ending directly to the noun.

Swedish often uses ligga when talking about where places are located.

So:

• stationen ligger ... literally means the station lies/is located ...
• In natural English, this is usually just translated as the station is ...

This is very common with buildings, towns, and places:

• Skolan ligger nära centrum. = The school is near the center.
• Stockholm ligger i Sverige. = Stockholm is in Sweden.

So even though English uses is, Swedish often prefers ligger for physical location.

Because this is an embedded question (also called an indirect question).

In a direct question, Swedish uses normal question word order:

• Var ligger stationen? = Where is the station?

But after words like jag vet, jag undrar, kan du säga, Swedish uses embedded-clause word order:

• Jag vet var stationen ligger.

So in embedded questions, the subject usually comes before the verb:

• var stationen ligger not
• var ligger stationen

This is one of the most important Swedish word-order patterns to learn.

Yes. It is a subordinate clause functioning as the object of vet.

You can think of the sentence in two parts:

• Main clause: Jag vet inte exakt
• Subordinate clause: var stationen ligger

The second part explains what the speaker does not know.

No. You do not use att before an indirect question like this.

So you say:

• Jag vet var stationen ligger.

Not:

• Jag vet att var stationen ligger.

Use att when you mean that:

• Jag vet att stationen ligger nära torget. = I know that the station is near the square.

But when the clause begins with a question word like var, när, hur, vem, you do not add att.

Ligger is present tense.

The infinitive is ligga = to lie / to be located The present tense is ligger = lies / is located

Even though English often says is, Swedish uses the present tense of ligga here.

Almost, but here it means not exactly / not precisely in the sense of I don’t know the exact location.

So:

• Jag vet inte exakt var stationen ligger means the speaker may know roughly where the station is, but not precisely.

It does not usually mean the English conversational use of not exactly as a soft disagreement, like:

• That’s not exactly true.

Here it is purely about precision.

Yes. That is perfectly correct.

• Jag vet inte var stationen ligger. = I don’t know where the station is.
• Jag vet inte exakt var stationen ligger. = I don’t know exactly where the station is.

Adding exakt just makes the meaning more specific.

A simple breakdown is:

• Jag = I
• vet = know
• inte = not
• exakt = exactly
• var = where
• stationen = the station
• ligger = lies / is located

So the structure is:

I know not exactly where the station is located

That is not natural English word order, but it helps show how the Swedish sentence is built.