Word
Nu måste jag skynda mig till apoteket.
Meaning
Now I must hurry to the pharmacy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Nu måste jag skynda mig till apoteket.
jag
I
nu
now
måste
to have to, must
till
to (direction, destination)
Questions & Answers about Nu måste jag skynda mig till apoteket.
Why do we use till here instead of på or i?
The preposition till means "to" and shows movement toward a destination. Since you are traveling to the pharmacy, you use till. You would use på (at/on) or i (in) if you were already located there.
Why is the word order måste jag instead of jag måste?
This is the Swedish V2 rule in action. The verb must always be the second piece of information in a main sentence. Because this sentence starts with the time word Nu (Now), the verb måste (must) takes the second spot. The subject jag (I) then gets bumped to the third spot right after the verb.
Why is the word mig (me/myself) in this sentence?
In Swedish, the verb for "hurry" is reflexive: skynda sig (literally "to hurry oneself"). Since the subject is jag (I), you must use the matching pronoun mig (myself). Swedes literally say "I must hurry myself".
How do we get "the pharmacy" from apoteket?
Swedish attaches "the" to the end of the noun. The basic word is ett apotek (a pharmacy). Because it is an ett word, you add -et to the end to make it definite, resulting in apoteket (the pharmacy).