Breakdown of Vi hämtar bilen hos mekanikern om en vecka.
vi
we
en
a, an (common)
bilen
the car
hämta
to fetch
veckan
the week
om
in (time from now)
hos
at the home or workplace of
mekanikern
the mechanic
Questions & Answers about Vi hämtar bilen hos mekanikern om en vecka.
Why use hos here instead of på or i?
The preposition hos is used to mean 'at the home of' or 'at the workplace of' a person. Because a mechanic is a person, you use hos mekanikern to say 'at the mechanic's garage', just like you would use it for 'at the doctor's' (hos läkaren).
The translation says 'are picking up', but hämtar is present tense. Is that correct?
Yes! In Swedish, you can often use the present tense to talk about a future event as long as the context makes it clear. Here, the time phrase om en vecka (in a week) shows it is happening in the future, so the present tense hämtar works perfectly.
Doesn't om usually mean 'about' or 'if'? Why does it mean 'in' here?
Om has a few different meanings depending on how it is used. When combined with a length of time in the future, like om en vecka, it translates to 'in' (meaning 'a week from now').
Why is mekanikern in the definite form?
Just like in English where we say 'at the mechanic's', Swedish uses the definite form mekanikern because you are referring to a specific mechanic that you left your car with, not just any general mechanic.
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