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:

jag arbetade	I worked
du arbetade	you worked
han arbetade	he worked
hon arbetade	she worked
den arbetade	it worked
det arbetade	it worked
man arbetade	you worked
vi arbetade	we worked
ni arbetade	you worked
de arbetade	they worked

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.

Example Text

Kalles väg till arbetet

Det var morgon. Kalle gick ut på gatan. Han skulle gå vägen till arbetet. Den här vägen hade han gått många gånger förut. "När jag har arbetat klart ska jag gå hem igen.", sa Kalle. "Fast då går jag nog en annan väg!"

Kalle's way to work.

It was morning. Kalle entered the street. He would walk the road to his work. This road he has walked many times before. "When I've finished work I will walk home again.", Kalle said. "But then I'll probably walk another route!"