Time Adverbs with certain tenses

Time Adverbs with certain tenses Posted by Tibor on Nov 16, 2011 in Grammar

då (then)

i morse (this morning)

igår (yesterday)

i förrgår (the day before yesterday)

häromdagen (the other day)

förra veckan (last week)

förra månaden (last month)

i fjol/fjor (last year)

för….x år sedan ( x years ago)

*Use Swedish verb forms in Simple Past (preteritum aka. imperfekt)

I ate breakfast with her yesterday.

Jag åt frukost med henne igår.

I was in Spain last week.

Jag var i Spanien förra veckan.

nu (now)

i dag (today)

*Use Swedish verb forms in Present Simple past (presens)

They are drinking whisky at the moment.

De dricker whisky nu.

I like him.

Jag gillar honom.

Sedan (later)

i morgon bitti (tomorrow morning)

i morgon (tomorrow)

i övermorgon (the
day after tomorrow)

*Use Swedish verb forms in Future Tenses and time adverb (Futurum and Presens + tidsadverbial)

She will talk to you soon.

Hon ska prata med dig snart.

I am flying tomorrow.

Jag flyger i morgon.

Tags: Swedish, Tidsaverbial, Time Adverbs

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Eva-Maria Rosengren:

It is iförrgår intstead of förrigår according to most people and dictionaries here in Sweden, but I suppose everyone can make spelling misstakes. God know my English is not always correct:).
Tibor:

Tack för att du har uppmärksammat felet. Det stämmer förstås!
amanda:

in swedish you would not say “hade frukost med henne” but “åt frukost med henne” i.e. “ate breakfast with her”