Word
Jag betalar hyran en gång i månaden.
Meaning
I pay the rent once a month.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Jag betalar hyran en gång i månaden.
Why do we use i here instead of om for "a month"?
Swedish uses specific prepositions for frequency depending on the length of time. You use i for weeks (i veckan) and months (i månaden). However, you use om for days (om dagen) and years (om året).
Why is it månaden (the month) instead of just en månad (a month)?
When expressing how often something happens, Swedish uses the definite form of the time word with the preposition. So "a month" or "per month" translates to i månaden (literally "in the month").
If en gång means "once", how would I say "twice" or "three times"?
Gång means "time" or "occurrence". To say "twice", you use the plural form gånger and say två gånger i månaden. "Three times" would be tre gånger, and so on.
Can I just say Jag betalar hyra instead of hyran?
It sounds much more natural to say hyran (the rent) in Swedish. When talking about paying your regular bills, taxes, or rent, Swedish prefers the definite form because it refers to a specific, expected expense.