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To express how often something happens—like "twice a week" or "once a day"—Swedish uses the prepositions **i** and **om** followed by the *definite* form of the time word. Which preposition you use depends entirely on the specific unit of time.

### Frequency with "om"

Use the preposition **om** when measuring frequency by the day. The core words are **dagen** (the day) and **dygnet** (the 24-hour period). 

To state the number of occurrences, use the phrase **en gång** (one time/once) or its plural **gånger** (times).

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### Frequency with "i"

For most other common units of time, you will use the preposition **i**. This includes **timmen** (the hour), **veckan** (the week), and **månaden** (the month). This pattern is used for both recurring habits and measuring rates (like an hourly wage).

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### Years and other rates

When you talk about events that happen yearly, you switch back to **om** for **året** (the year). Remember that the rules for **i** and **om** remain exactly the same whether you are counting how many times you travel or stating a daily or hourly rate.

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Time expressions for frequency (i, om)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite ending (barnet, hunden)

Indefinite articles and -ar verbs (en, ett)

Basic word order

Singular adjectives (stor, stort)

Plural adjectives (-a)

Sentence negation (inte)

Yes/No questions

Basic question words (vad, vem, var)

Regular Group 2 verbs (-er)

Short verbs and irregulars (har, gör)

The infinitive marker (att)

Modal verbs (kan, vill, måste, får)

Future intention (ska)

Time adverbs (imorgon, igår)

Word order inversion

Adverbs of frequency (ibland, aldrig)

Everyday things (dörren, stolen, tåget)

Definite suffix spelling changes

Plural nouns Group 1 and 2 (-or, -ar)

Plural nouns Group 3 (-er, -r)

Neuter indefinite plurals

Definite plural suffixes (-na, -a, -en)

Object pronouns (mig, dig, oss)

Reflexive pronouns (sig)

Expanded question words (när, varför)

Which and what (vilken, vilket, vilka)

Coordinating conjunctions (men, eller, för)

Prepositions of place (i, på, till, från)

Quantifiers (mycket, många)

Indefinite pronouns (någon, något, några)

First and second person possessives (min, din, vår, er)

Third person possessives (hans, hennes, dess, deras)

Reflexive possessives (sin, sitt, sina)

The genitive (-s)

Adjectives before singular nouns

Adjectives before plural nouns (-a)

Double definiteness (den, det, de)

Demonstratives (den här, det här, de här)

The imperative mood

Past tense of vara and ha (var, hade)

Possessives for names (-s)

Definite plural adjectives (de ... -a)

Genitive case for names (-s)

Numbers 1 to 10 (en, två, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (elva till tjugo)

Counting by tens to 100 (trettio, fyrtio...)

Days of the week (måndag, tisdag...)

Months of the year (januari, februari...)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (första, andra...)

Greetings and politeness (hej, tack, förlåt)

Particle verbs of direction (gå ut, komma in)

Simple past: Group 1 (-ade)

Simple past: Group 2a (-de)

Simple past: Group 2b (-te)

Simple past: Group 3 (-dde)

Simple past: Group 4

Present perfect: Groups 1 and 2 (har)

Present perfect: Groups 3 and 4

Past perfect (hade)

Future predictions (kommer att)

Future with present tense

The adjective small (liten, litet, små)

Demonstratives of distance (den där, det där, de där)

Negative pronouns (ingen, inget, inga)

Universal pronouns (all, allt, alla)

The generic pronoun (man, en)

Possessive generic pronoun (ens)

Reciprocal pronoun (varandra)

Qualitative pronouns (sådan, sådant, sådana)

Habitual time expressions (på)

Specific past time expressions (i)

Past time expressions (för ... sedan)

Future time expressions (om)

Location and motion adverbs (här/hit, där/dit)

Consequences (så)

Correlative conjunctions (både ... och)

Either and neither (antingen ... eller, varken ... eller)

Verbs of opinion and belief (tycker, tror, tänker)

Subordinate clauses (att, om)

Time clauses (när, innan, medan)

Clauses of cause (eftersom, därför att)

Negation in subordinate clauses (inte)

V2 word order inversion

Relative clauses as subjects (som)

Relative clauses as objects (som)

Relative clauses for places (där)

Adverbs from adjectives (-t)

Adjective comparative and superlative (-are, -ast)

Question	Answer
to brush	borsta
the tooth	tanden
the time (occurrence)	gången
per, a (frequency)	om
I brush my teeth twice a day.	Jag borstar tänderna två gånger om dagen.
Brush your teeth in the morning and in the evening!	Borsta tänderna på morgonen och på kvällen!
to shave oneself	raka sig
He shaves once a day.	Han rakar sig en gång om dagen.
the pill	tabletten
One takes a pill four times a day.	Man tar en tablett fyra gånger om dygnet.
the medicine	medicinen
The doctor says that you must take the medicine twice a day.	Läkaren säger att du måste ta medicinen två gånger om dagen.
to earn	tjäna
per, a (frequency)	i
How much do you earn an hour?	Hur mycket tjänar du i timmen?
I pay the rent once a month.	Jag betalar hyran en gång i månaden.
We love the forest, so we walk there twice a week.	Vi älskar skogen, så vi promenerar där två gånger i veckan.
He takes the pill before he shaves.	Han tar tabletten innan han rakar sig.
the walk	promenaden
I take the medicine and go for a walk.	Jag tar medicinen och går en promenad.
the salary	lönen
My salary is good, I earn a lot of money.	Min lön är bra, jag tjänar mycket pengar.
We travel to Sweden three times a year.	Vi reser till Sverige tre gånger om året.
the crown	kronan
He earns a hundred crowns an hour, and the salary is good.	Han tjänar hundra kronor i timmen och lönen är bra.
I pay a hundred crowns a day for the walk.	Jag betalar hundra kronor om dagen för promenaden.
once a week	en gång i veckan
We meet once a week.	Vi träffas en gång i veckan.
I clean once a week.	Jag städar en gång i veckan.
to go to the cinema	gå på bio
We are going to the cinema on Friday.	Vi går på bio på fredag.
The children went to the cinema yesterday.	Barnen gick på bio igår.
to ski	åka skidor
In the winter we ski.	På vintern åker vi skidor.
We ski once a week.	Vi åker skidor en gång i veckan.

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