Fördela pengarna mellan hyran och sparandet.

It is the imperative, the form used for commands or instructions.

So Fördela pengarna ... means Allocate/Distribute the money ...

In Swedish, commands usually do not include a subject, just like in English:

• Fördela pengarna ...
• Allocate the money ...

The dictionary form is att fördela, and in this case the imperative looks the same as the infinitive without att.

Pengarna is the definite plural form, meaning the money.

Swedish usually uses pengar for money in a general sense, even though English uses the mass noun money. Grammatically, Swedish treats it as a plural noun here:

• pengar = money
• pengarna = the money

The singular en peng exists, but it means something more like a coin or a monetary unit, not usually money in general.

So pengarna suggests a specific amount of money that has already been mentioned or is understood from the situation.

Mellan ... och ... means between ... and ...

It is the natural structure when you are dividing or distributing something across two things:

• mellan hyran och sparandet = between the rent and the savings

A useful point: in Swedish, mellan can also be used in cases where English might say among, especially when dividing something across several items:

• mellan hyran, maten och sparandet

So for allocation or division, mellan is the normal word.

Hyra means rent, and hyran means the rent.

The definite form is used because this refers to a specific, understood expense: the rent payment.

Compare:

• hyra = rent, rent as a concept
• hyran = the rent, the actual rent payment

In practical contexts such as budgeting, Swedish often uses the definite form when the speaker means a known category or specific payment.

Sparandet comes from the verb spara, meaning to save.

The noun ett sparande means saving or savings/saving activity, and sparandet is the definite form:

• ett sparande = a saving / a process of saving
• sparandet = the saving / the savings

In this sentence, it most naturally refers to the savings category or the amount being set aside as savings.

So although the form looks singular in Swedish, the most natural English meaning is often savings.

Because the sentence is talking about specific, understood categories in a budget.

Swedish often uses the definite form when the speaker and listener both know what is meant:

• hyran = the rent you need to pay
• sparandet = the savings you are setting aside

If you used the indefinite forms, hyra and sparande, the sentence would sound more general or abstract, more like talking about rent and saving as ideas rather than concrete budget items.

Yes, the subject is understood.

In Swedish imperatives, the subject is normally left out:

• Fördela pengarna ... = understood as You, allocate the money ...

This works much like English:

• Sit down
• Open the window
• Allocate the money

You could add a subject for emphasis, but normally you do not.

Usually, mellan is the best choice here because the idea is dividing something between categories.

På often suggests on in the sense of spending on something:

• lägga pengar på hyran = spend money on the rent

But with fördela, when you want to show that money is being split across two targets, mellan is the most natural choice:

• Fördela pengarna mellan hyran och sparandet

So mellan emphasizes distribution, while på would give a slightly different idea.