Adverbs
never |
aldrig |
possibly |
möjligen |
always |
alltid |
often |
ofta |
probably |
antagligen |
already |
redan |
at least |
Ã¥tminstone |
surely |
säkert |
only, merely |
bara |
seldom |
sällan |
gladly, willingly |
gärna |
soon |
snart |
not |
inte |
probably |
troligtvis |
maybe, perhaps |
kanska |
usually |
vanligtvis |
hardly |
knappast |
really, indeed |
verkligen |
Adverbs are generally placed after the first verb in independent clauses
with straight word order.
David röker ofta pipa. David often smokes a pipe.
Stockholm ligger inte i Amerika. Stockholm is not in a
America.
Talar Bo alltid långsamt? Does Bo always speak slowly?
In subordinate clauses, the adverb is placed before the conjugated verb.
Hon tror, att hon alltid har rätt. She thinks that she is
always right.
Lars sade, att han inte tycker om att köra bil. Lars said that
he doesn't like to drive.
Many adverbs in Swedish have two distinct forms: one to denote location and
one to denote movement to or from a place. Location adverbs answer the question
var? where? while movement adverbs answer the question vart?
where to?
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Location |
Movement |
in |
inne |
in |
out |
ute |
ut |
there |
framme |
fram |
up |
uppe |
upp |
down |
nere |
ner |
here |
här |
hit |
there |
där |
dit |
away |
borta |
bort |
(at) home |
hemma |
hem |
Location adverbs are used with verbs of rest (vara, stå, ligga, sitta,
stanna, finnas, bo, trivas) and movement adverbs are used with verbs of motion
(gå, komma, fara, resa, åka, flytta, spring, köra, flyga).
Malin är här. Malin is here.
Malin kommer hit. Malin is coming here.
Mamma stannar hemma. Mother is staying home.
Mamma går hem. Mother is going home.
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