Breakdown of Vi älskar skogen, så vi promenerar där två gånger i veckan.
vi
we
älska
to love
där
there
veckan
the week
promenera
to walk
skogen
the forest
två
two
så
so
gången
the time (occurrence)
i
per, a (frequency)
Questions & Answers about Vi älskar skogen, så vi promenerar där två gånger i veckan.
Why do we use i in i veckan instead of om?
For frequency, Swedish splits time words between the prepositions i and om. You use i for the "middle" lengths of time: timmen (the hour), veckan (the week), and månaden (the month). You use om for the shortest and longest lengths: dagen (the day), dygnet (the 24-hour period), and året (the year). Since we are talking about a week, we use i veckan.
Why is veckan in the definite form (the week) instead of just saying "a week"?
In English, we say "twice a week". In Swedish, these frequency expressions use the preposition (i or om) followed by the definite form of the noun. So you literally say "two times in the week" (två gånger i veckan).
Is there a Swedish word for "twice"?
No, Swedish doesn't have a single word for "twice". You just say två gånger (literally "two times"). Similarly, to say "once", you say en gång (one time).
Why doesn't the verb come first after the comma in så vi promenerar? Doesn't Swedish usually swap them?
Så (so) is a coordinating conjunction, just like och (and) or men (but). These words simply link two complete sentences together. They sit completely outside the sentence structure and don't count as the "first position". Therefore, the subject vi is in position 1, and the verb promenerar safely stays in position 2.
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