Learn Swedish: Passar tiden på fredag? - Does the time suit on Friday?

In Swedish, you can use a present tense verb to talk about the future as long as you include a future time phrase. Because the sentence specifies på fredag (on Friday), it is already clear we are talking about a future event, so the present tense passar works perfectly.

Does på fredag mean this upcoming Friday or every Friday?

På fredag specifically means this upcoming Friday. If you wanted to talk about a routine that happens every Friday, you would use the plural form på fredagar (on Fridays). If you were talking about the past, you would use i fredags (last Friday).

Why is there no word for 'does' in this question?

Swedish does not use 'do' or 'does' to make questions. Instead, you just swap the subject and the verb. To turn the statement Tiden passar (The time suits) into a yes/no question, you simply put the verb first: Passar tiden...? (Suits the time...?).

Can I use passar to talk about clothes fitting, too?

Yes! The verb att passa is very versatile. You can use it to say a schedule works well for you, but also to say that a piece of clothing fits your body correctly, or even that two things go well together.