Swedish/Verb tenses

The Swedish verb has quite a few tenses. But these are, like with English, created by the help of auxiliary verbs. (N.B. Swedish does not change the verb depending on which grammatical person acts).

INFINITIV

To walk = (Att) gå

PRESENT TENSE

I walk = Jag går

PAST TENSE, IMPERFECT ASPEKT

I walked = Jag gick

PAST TENSE, PERFECT ASPEKT

I have walked = Jag har gått

FUTURE TENSE, FUTURUM SIMPLEX

I will walk = Jag ska gå

vara

(att) vara	to be
jag var	I was
jag har varit	I have been
jag är	I am

ha

(att) ha	to have
jag hade	I had
jag har haft	I have had
jag har	I have

ska & skulle

jag ska	I will
jag skulle	I would

Past tense, imperfect aspekt of the verb arbeta:

I workedyou workedhe workedshe workedit workedit workedyou workedwe workedyou workedthey worked

jag arbetade

du arbetade

han arbetade

hon arbetade

den arbetade

det arbetade

man arbetade

vi arbetade

ni arbetade

de arbetade

Really simple in both laguages!

Examples

Jag arbetade igår.I worked yesterday. Det har gått ett år.One year has passed. Ni ska arbeta i morgon.You will work tomorrow. De gick och arbetade i parken.They went for work in the park. or They walked and worked in the park. De arbetade och gick i parken.They worked and walked in the park. Vi skulle ha gått dit.We should have walked there. Jag hade tur.I was lucky. Jag arbetar (nu).I am working. Jag arbetar två dar i veckan.I work two days a week.