Questions & Answers about Kommer du den tjugoförsta maj?
Why is there no word for "on" before the date?
In Swedish, you don't use a preposition for specific dates like this. While English says "on the twenty-first", Swedish simply uses den followed by the number, as in den tjugoförsta maj. Adding a word like på here would be incorrect.
Why do we use den before the number?
Swedish uses the freestanding definite article den (meaning "the") with dates. It works a lot like English when you say "the twenty-first of May". You are essentially saying "the twenty-first day", so the definite article is required.
Is kommer present tense or future tense here?
Kommer is the present tense form. Just like in English, Swedish frequently uses the present tense to talk about a planned future event, as long as there is a time marker (like a specific date) in the sentence to make the context clear.
Why isn't maj written with a capital letter?
In Swedish, the names of months and days of the week are never capitalized unless they happen to be the very first word of a sentence. So it is always written as maj.