Learn Swedish: Jag ska åka till staden nästa vecka. - I am going to go to the city next week.

In Swedish, you express future plans using ska followed by a verb in its dictionary form (the bare infinitive). Here, ska works like "am going to" and is followed directly by åka (to go/travel). You don't need a word for "to" (like att) between them.

Why use åka for "to go" instead of gå?

In Swedish, gå specifically means to walk or go on foot. Since the speaker is going to the city, they are likely taking a car, bus, or train. When you travel using a vehicle, you must use the verb åka.

Why is it staden instead of just stad?

Stad means "city", but the sentence says "the city". In Swedish, "the" is usually added as an ending onto the noun itself. Since stad is an "en-word", we add -en to the end to make it staden.

Why does the sentence use the basic word vecka after nästa instead of the definite form veckan?

When you use nästa (next) in Swedish, the noun that follows it stays in its basic, indefinite form. So you say nästa vecka (next week), even though English speakers sometimes expect it to match other definite patterns.