Breakdown of På hösten börjar skolan igen.
skolan
the school
börja
to start
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
igen
again
Questions & Answers about På hösten börjar skolan igen.
Why is it på hösten and not just i höst?
The phrase på hösten uses på plus the definite form to talk about something that happens generally or habitually every autumn. If you said i höst, it would mean "this coming autumn" or "this specific autumn."
Why does the verb börjar come before the subject skolan?
Swedish uses the V2 rule, meaning the verb must be the second block of information in a sentence. Because the sentence starts with the time phrase På hösten, the verb börjar has to come next, pushing the subject skolan into the third spot.
Why is it skolan (the school) instead of just skola (school)?
In English, we usually leave out the word "the" when talking about institutions in a general way, like "school begins". Swedish, however, uses the definite form skolan for this general meaning.
How do we know if höst (autumn) is an en-word or an ett-word here?
It is an en-word. You can see this in the time phrase på hösten, where the noun gets the -en ending to show the definite form.