Tempus Basic
Swedish has six tenses organized into two parallel systems: the presens system (anchored in now) and the preteritum system (anchored in the past). Click a tense on the timeline to explore when and how to use it.
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De två tempussystemen
Swedish tenses belong to one of two systems. Don't mix tenses across systems within the same narrative context. Start with presens or preteritum as your base tense, then use the corresponding tenses to express time relations.
Presenssystemet
- → Presens (grundtempus)
- → Perfekt (har + supinum)
- → Futurum (ska / kommer att)
Preteritumsystemet
- → Preteritum (grundtempus)
- → Pluskvamperfekt (hade + supinum)
- → Futurum preteritum (skulle)