Breakdown of Jag skjutsar dem på fredagar.
jag
I
på
on / at / for (wait for) / in (believe in)
dem
them
fredag
Friday
skjutsa
to drive (someone)
Questions & Answers about Jag skjutsar dem på fredagar.
Why use skjutsar instead of kör for 'drive' here?
The verb skjutsa specifically means to give someone a ride or a lift. While jag kör dem is grammatically correct, skjutsa is the most natural and common way to say you are chauffeuring people or dropping them off somewhere.
How should dem be pronounced in this sentence?
Like almost always in spoken Swedish, dem is pronounced as dom. As a B2 learner, you should consistently say dom in everyday conversation, saving the literal pronunciation for highly formal reading.
Why does 'on Fridays' translate to på fredagar instead of using a word for 'every'?
In Swedish, habitual actions happening on a specific day of the week are usually expressed with the preposition på followed by the plural indefinite form of the day (fredagar). If you said på fredag, it would mean 'this coming Friday', and i fredags would mean 'last Friday'.
Could I ask the question that leads to this sentence by using hur dags?
No, you would ask när skjutsar du dem? (when do you drive them?). The phrase hur dags specifically asks for a clock time (at what time of day). Since the answer here is a day of the week (på fredagar), the broader question word när is required.
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