{"id":3356,"date":"2011-03-28T21:51:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T21:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=3356"},"modified":"2011-03-29T03:43:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T03:43:34","slug":"var-vs-vart-platsadverbials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/var-vs-vart-platsadverbials\/","title":{"rendered":"Var vs. Vart + Platsadverbials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve did a great job of explaining <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/asking-questions-part-2\/\">the difference between var vs. vart<\/a>.\u00a0 As Steve said, \u201cvar\u201d is the word \u201cwhere\u201d in a static sense and \u201cvart\u201d is \u201cto where.\u201d\u00a0 As you continue learning Swedish, this will become more and more natural.\u00a0 But as this becomes more natural, there is a second aspect of questions to keep in mind.\u00a0 Platsadverbials.\u00a0 Adverbials that indicate place.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, var is a static sense of where, while vart is a directional to where.\u00a0 This distinction carries over when using platsadverbials.\u00a0 Below is a list to get you started:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"192\">\n<col span=\"3\" width=\"64\"><\/col>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\" height=\"20\"><strong>Var<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"64\"><strong>Vart<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"64\"><strong>Engelska<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Inne<\/td>\n<td>In<\/td>\n<td>In<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Ute<\/td>\n<td>Ut<\/td>\n<td>Out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">H\u00e4r<\/td>\n<td>Hit<\/td>\n<td>Here<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">D\u00e4r<\/td>\n<td>Dit<\/td>\n<td>There<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Uppe<\/td>\n<td>Upp<\/td>\n<td>Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Nere<\/td>\n<td>Ner<\/td>\n<td>Down<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Hemma<\/td>\n<td>Hem<\/td>\n<td>Home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">Borta<\/td>\n<td>Bort<\/td>\n<td>Away<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>And finally, a few sentences to demonstrate the difference:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Vart<\/span> g\u00e5r du efter lunch? (Where do you go to after lunch?)<br \/>\n-Jag g\u00e5r <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">hem<\/span>. (I go home.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Var<\/span> \u00e4ter du p\u00e5 kv\u00e4llen? (Where do you eat in the evenings?)<br \/>\n-Jag \u00e4ter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">hemma<\/span>. (I eat at home.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Var<\/span> \u00e4r min bok? (Where is my book?)<br \/>\n-Den ligger <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">h\u00e4r<\/span> p\u00e5 bordet.\u00a0 (It is lying here on the table.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Vart<\/span> ska de \u00e5ka nu? (To where are they traveling now?)<br \/>\n-De ska komma <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">hit<\/span>! (They are coming [to] here!)<\/p>\n<p>The sentences above give a simple demonstration of the differences in uses between var and vart. You\u2019ll notice that in each case, the var or vart corresponds with the platsadverbial.\u00a0 This agreement is key to mastering the use of var and vart and the corresponding platsadverbials.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve did a great job of explaining the difference between var vs. vart.\u00a0 As Steve said, \u201cvar\u201d is the word \u201cwhere\u201d in a static sense and \u201cvart\u201d is \u201cto where.\u201d\u00a0 As you continue learning Swedish, this will become more and more natural.\u00a0 But as this becomes more natural, there is a second aspect of questions&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/var-vs-vart-platsadverbials\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3079],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3356","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-swedish-language"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3356"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8192,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3356\/revisions\/8192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}