Vi skickar beviset före tidsfristen.

Skickar is the present tense of skicka (to send).

In Swedish, the present tense often covers:

• a general present: Vi skickar ofta dokument digitalt.
• an action happening now: Vi skickar beviset nu.
• a future action, especially when the situation is planned or the time is clear from context: Vi skickar beviset före tidsfristen.

So even though skickar is grammatically present tense, the sentence can easily be understood as referring to a future action.

In Swedish, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

So:

• ett bevis = a proof / a piece of evidence
• beviset = the proof / the evidence

That -et ending is doing the job that the does in English.

Because bevis is an ett-word (a neuter noun).

Its forms are:

• ett bevis = an/the proof, indefinite singular
• beviset = the proof, definite singular

For many ett-words, the definite singular ending is -et.

By contrast, -en is the definite singular ending used for most en-words:

• en bil → bilen
• en tidsfrist → tidsfristen

So:

• beviset is correct because bevis is an ett-word
• tidsfristen is correct because tidsfrist is an en-word

Tidsfristen is the definite form of en tidsfrist.

It is a compound noun:

• tid = time
• frist = period / grace period / deadline limit

Together, tidsfrist means something like time limit or deadline.

A useful rule for Swedish compounds: the last part determines the grammatical gender. Since frist is an en-word, tidsfrist is also an en-word.

So:

• en tidsfrist
• tidsfristen

Yes, you could often use innan here too.

• före tidsfristen
• innan tidsfristen

Both can mean before the deadline.

A helpful guideline is:

• före is very common before a noun phrase
• innan is also common, and is especially common before a clause

For example:

• före mötet = before the meeting
• innan mötet = also possible
• innan vi går = before we go

In this sentence, före tidsfristen sounds completely natural.

It is normal main-clause word order:

• Vi = subject
• skickar = verb
• beviset = object
• före tidsfristen = time expression / adverbial

So the pattern is:

Subject + verb + object + adverbial

That said, Swedish is a V2 language, which means the finite verb usually stays in the second position in main clauses. If you move the time phrase to the front, the verb still stays second:

• Före tidsfristen skickar vi beviset.

Notice that skickar still comes second, and the subject vi moves after the verb.

They are:

• vi = we
• skicka = to send
• bevis = proof / evidence
• före = before
• tidsfrist = deadline / time limit

In the sentence, some of these appear in inflected forms:

• skicka → skickar (present tense)
• bevis → beviset (definite singular)
• tidsfrist → tidsfristen (definite singular)

A common learner issue is the beginning sk.

In skickar, the sk comes before i, so it is not pronounced like English sk in skin. Instead, it has the Swedish sound often written roughly like sh, though it is not exactly the same as English sh.

A rough guide:

• skickar ≈ SHICK-ar

The stress is on the first syllable:

• SKICK-ar

This is only an approximation, but it is much closer than pronouncing it as s-kick-ar.

The letter ö does not exist in English, so it often causes trouble.

In före, the ö is a rounded front vowel. A rough approximation for English speakers is something like:

• FUR-eh or FER-eh

But that is only approximate.

A few key points:

• före has two syllables
• the first syllable is stressed: FÖ-re
• the ö should be rounded; your lips should be more rounded than for a normal English e

So a rough learner pronunciation is:

• FÖ-re

Often, yes. Bevis can cover meanings like proof and evidence, depending on context.

But usage can vary:

• bevis often suggests something that proves something
• in some legal or formal contexts, Swedish may also use bevisning for evidence in a broader sense

For this sentence, beviset is a perfectly normal word choice.

Then Swedish usually uses both:

• a separate definite article before the adjective
• the definite ending on the noun

For example:

• beviset = the proof
• det tydliga beviset = the clear proof

And:

• tidsfristen = the deadline
• den slutliga tidsfristen = the final deadline

This is different from English, because Swedish often marks definiteness twice in this structure:

• with den/det/de
• and with the noun ending

Yes. Swedish can make the future more explicit in several ways, for example:

• Vi kommer att skicka beviset före tidsfristen.
• Vi ska skicka beviset före tidsfristen.

These have slightly different feels:

• kommer att often emphasizes future occurrence
• ska often suggests intention, plan, or obligation

But the original sentence with just skickar is very natural Swedish, especially when the context already makes the timing clear.