Learn Swedish: På fredagar träffar vi varandra på kaféet. - On Fridays we meet each other at the café.

In Swedish, to say that you do something regularly on a certain day of the week (like "on Fridays"), you use the preposition på followed by the plural form of the day. So, fredag becomes fredagar, making the habitual time phrase på fredagar.

Why is the word order träffar vi instead of vi träffar?

This is a great example of the V2 (verb-second) rule! Because the sentence starts with the time phrase På fredagar, the verb träffar must come next so it stays in the second position. The subject vi is pushed to the other side of the verb.

How does the word varandra work here?

Varandra means "each other" or "one another". You use it when two or more people are doing an action to each other. Here, vi träffar varandra simply means "we meet each other".

The word på appears twice here. Does it mean the same thing both times?

It translates differently based on what follows it. The first på is used for the habitual time expression (På fredagar means "On Fridays"). The second på is used for location (på kaféet means "at the café"). På is very versatile and can mean "on", "at", or "in" depending on the noun.