A couple of posts back we were talking about those little words that denote such important things as position and direction. Boring stuff, yes I know, but very useful nonetheless.<\/p>\n
So today let\u2019s continue in the same vein and discuss h\u00e4r<\/strong> and d\u00e4r<\/strong>. And hit<\/strong> and dit<\/strong>. Unfortunately, it\u2019s not as simple and straightforward in Swedish. Here (no pun intended) you have two different words that mean just that \u2013 \u201chere\u201d. And that\u2019s how Swedish distinguishes between position and direction in much more clearer fashion than English does.<\/p>\n Of course, it\u2019s not just \u201chere\u201d that falls into this category, but \u201cthere\u201d as well. And before I totally confuse you, and you give up reading the rest of this post, why don\u2019t we just take a look at these words and see what they\u2019re all about.<\/p>\n So, here (again, no pun intended) we go:<\/p>\n position\u00a0 –\u00a0 direction<\/p>\n Don\u2019t worry, they\u2019re not as evil as they look. And once you get used to them, you will realize they\u2019re actually very handy little words. I promise!<\/p>\n So in other words, if you are somewhere and you\u2019re not on the way there or from there, then you use \u201ch\u00e4r<\/strong>\u201d and \u201cd\u00e4r<\/strong>.\u201d If, however, you are coming or going, or talking about changing your position, then you should use \u201chit<\/strong>\u201d\/\u201dh\u00e4rifr\u00e5n<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cdit<\/strong>\u201d\/\u201dd\u00e4rifr\u00e5n<\/strong>\u201d depending on whether you\u2019re coming or going.<\/p>\n And as somebody very aptly noticed in the comments section, it\u2019s not just the particles that differ depending on whether they talk about position and direction, but the question words as well.<\/p>\n And it goes like this:<\/p>\n I know it takes a little bit of getting used to, but in the end, it\u2019s not all that complicated. Unless of course, you are like me, and half the time you don\u2019t know whether you\u2019re coming or going, or what not.\u00a0 And I mean it in a strictly innocent way.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A couple of posts back we were talking about those little words that denote such important things as position and direction. Boring stuff, yes I know, but very useful nonetheless. So today let\u2019s continue in the same vein and discuss h\u00e4r and d\u00e4r. And hit and dit. You see, in English, it\u2019s all the same…<\/p>\n
\nYou see, in English, it\u2019s all the same, whether you\u2019re talking about \u201chere\u201d as in \u201ccome here!\u201d and \u201chere\u201d as in \u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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