Breakdown of Vill du hellre komma imorgon?
du
you (singular)
vilja
to want to
komma
to come
imorgon
tomorrow
hellre
rather / more gladly
Questions & Answers about Vill du hellre komma imorgon?
I thought vill means "want". Why does the translation say "Would you rather"?
You're right that vill usually means "want". However, when you combine it with the adverb hellre (rather), the phrase vill ... hellre translates smoothly to "would rather" or "prefer to". You are literally asking "Do you want more gladly to come tomorrow?".
What kind of word is hellre?
Hellre is the comparative form of the adverb gärna (gladly). If you do something gärna, you do it gladly. If you do it hellre, you'd "rather" do it. The superlative form is helst (most preferably).
Why isn't there an att (to) before the verb komma?
Because vill is a modal (helper) verb. In Swedish, helper verbs like vill (want to), kan (can), and måste (must) are followed directly by the infinitive form of the main verb without using att.
Could I put hellre at the end of the sentence, like "Vill du komma imorgon hellre?"
No, that would sound unnatural. Hellre acts as a sentence adverb here. In a question, the standard word order is Verb (Vill) + Subject (du) + Sentence Adverb (hellre), followed by the rest of the sentence.
Is it spelled imorgon or i morgon?
Both are completely correct and widely used! You will see it written as one word (imorgon) and as two words (i morgon) by native speakers.
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