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Questions & Answers about Vi har gott om tid.
Why do we use gott om to mean "plenty of"? Doesn't gott usually mean "good"?
Yes, gott is the neuter form of god (good). However, gott om is a fixed idiom meaning "plenty of" or "an abundance of." You cannot translate it literally as "good about"; you simply have to learn it as a set expression for having a comfortable amount of something.
How does gott om tid differ from just saying mycket tid?
While mycket tid neutrally states you have "a lot of time," gott om tid carries a positive nuance. It specifically implies that you have more than enough time for what you need to do, meaning there is absolutely no need to rush.
What is the opposite expression to use if we are running late and short on time?
The exact opposite is the phrase ont om, which means "short of" or "a scarcity of." To say "We are short on time," you would say Vi har ont om tid. Just like gott, the word ont (which usually relates to pain or bad things) forms a fixed idiom here.
Can gott om be used with physical, countable objects, or just abstract uncountable ones like tid?
You can use it with both! It works perfectly with uncountable nouns like gott om pengar (plenty of money) and with plural countable nouns like gott om stolar (plenty of chairs).