Nyss kom jag hem från jobbet, och nu vill jag bara dricka vatten.

Because Swedish follows the V2 rule in main clauses: the finite verb must come in the second position.

If you start the sentence with Nyss (just now / recently), then the verb kom has to come next:

• Nyss kom jag hem.

If you start with the subject instead, that is also possible:

• Jag kom hem nyss.

Both are correct, but they have slightly different emphasis:

• Nyss kom jag hem = puts focus on how recently
• Jag kom hem nyss = more neutral, starting with I

Nyss means just now, a moment ago, or recently, depending on context.

In this sentence, it means something like:

• I just got home from work

It refers to the very recent past.

Compare:

• nyss = just now / a moment ago
• nu = now

So the sentence contrasts two times:

• Nyss = a moment ago, I got home
• nu = now, I only want to drink water

In Swedish, hem often works by itself to mean homeward / home after movement verbs.

So:

• komma hem = come home / get home
• gå hem = go home
• åka hem = go home / travel home

You do not need a separate word like English to here.

So:

• kom jag hem = I came/got home

This is a very common learner question.

• hem = homeward, showing movement toward home
• hemma = at home, showing location

Examples:

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

In your sentence, the person is moving from work to home, so hem is correct:

• Nyss kom jag hem från jobbet.

Jobbet is the definite form of jobb:

• ett jobb = a job
• jobbet = the job

But in Swedish, från jobbet is often used idiomatically to mean from work or from my workplace, even when English would not use the.

So:

• från jobbet = from work

This is very natural Swedish.

Literally, jobbet is the job, but in this sentence it is best understood as work or the workplace.

So:

• kom hem från jobbet = came home from work

This is a very common expression in Swedish.

Because och joins two full clauses, and each clause normally has its own subject.

The sentence is:

1. Nyss kom jag hem från jobbet
2. och nu vill jag bara dricka vatten

Each clause has its own verb and subject:

• kom jag
• vill jag

In English, you also usually repeat the subject in a similar sentence:

• I just got home from work, and now I only want to drink water.

Again, this is because of the V2 rule.

If nu comes first, the finite verb must come second:

• Nu vill jag bara dricka vatten.

Not:

• Nu jag vill...

The pattern is:

• first element + finite verb + subject + rest

So here:

• Nu
  • vill
    • jag
      • bara dricka vatten

Bara means only or just.

In this sentence:

• nu vill jag bara dricka vatten

it means something like:

• now I just want to drink water
• now all I want is to drink water

It suggests that the speaker does not want anything else right now.

Here, bara modifies the action dricka vatten.

So:

• vill jag bara dricka vatten = I only want to drink water

This placement is very natural in Swedish.

If you move bara, the emphasis can shift slightly. For example:

• Jag vill bara dricka vatten. = I just want to drink water.
• Bara jag vill dricka vatten... = Only I want to drink water...
  (very different meaning)

So position matters.

Because vatten is an uncountable noun here, just like water in English.

So Swedish normally says:

• dricka vatten = drink water

Not:

• dricka ett vatten
  unless you mean something like a water in a restaurant context, which is a different usage.

In this sentence, plain vatten is exactly what you want.

Dricka is the infinitive form: to drink.

After vill (want), Swedish uses the infinitive without att:

• Jag vill dricka vatten. = I want to drink water.

This is similar to English, where want is followed by to + verb, but Swedish does not add att here.

Compare:

• Jag vill sova. = I want to sleep.
• Jag vill äta. = I want to eat.

Because after modal verbs like vill, Swedish normally uses the bare infinitive.

So you say:

• Jag vill dricka vatten.

not:

• Jag vill att dricka vatten.

Common modal verbs that work this way include:

• kan = can
• ska = will / shall / going to
• måste = must
• vill = want

Examples:

• Jag kan simma. = I can swim.
• Jag måste gå. = I must go.
• Jag vill dricka. = I want to drink.

Either can work, depending on context.

• kom hem literally matches came home
• in natural English, got home is often very common

So this part could be understood as either:

• I just came home from work
• I just got home from work

Both fit well.

Sometimes, yes, but the nuance is different.

• nyss = just now / a moment ago
• precis can mean exactly or sometimes just in expressions like precis nu or precis kommit hem

In this sentence, nyss is the most natural simple choice for just now:

• Nyss kom jag hem från jobbet.

A different but natural alternative would be:

• Jag har precis kommit hem från jobbet.
  = I have just come/got home from work.

So nyss and precis can overlap, but they are not always interchangeable word-for-word.

It is neutral everyday Swedish. It sounds completely natural in normal speech and writing.

Nothing in it is especially formal or slangy:

• Nyss = common
• kom hem från jobbet = common
• nu vill jag bara dricka vatten = common

So this is a very useful real-life sentence pattern.