I understand that “time to go” is the correct translation - but am confused by “sticka”. Does it not mean to knit / stick / sting etc. How does it mean “go” please.
sticka is good, colloquial. I don’t know the etymology of this intransitive usage. You can also say dra, but that is even more slangy.
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I think some of these sentences need a special “colloquial” flag on them! My head may hurt less then. 
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The problem is that the Tatoeba contributors don’t always pay attention to levels of style when translating. Clozemaster will also use translations of translations when no direct translation is available.
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Understood. But i find these type of discussions really helpful in understanding why things are as they are (the Duolingo discussions are very heavily populated and useful). If it’s any consolation - hopefully the next person along won’t ask you the same thing.
English Translation
Time to go.
ı look discussions but ı can’t understand
The main idea is that “sticka” is very informal, compared to “go”. My suggestion is to use “ge sig iväg”, “ge sig av”.
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