Questions & Answers about De flyttede sammen efter et år.
Does flyttede sammen just mean they moved at the same time?
No, it has a specific meaning. While at flytte means to move residences, the fixed phrase at flytte sammen specifically means to move in together or to cohabitate.
Why do we use efter et år here instead of om et år?
This is a classic grammar rule to remember! You use om for future durations, meaning in a year from now. Because this sentence is in the past tense, you must use efter to say that the event happened after a year had passed.
How do I know how to conjugate flytte in the past tense?
Flytte is a completely regular verb belonging to Group 1. To form the past tense, you just add the suffix -ede to the stem, giving us flyttede. Remember that the d here is a soft d, so the ending sounds a bit like a swallowed -el.
I always forget if time words are en-words or et-words. Why is it et år?
The noun år is a neuter noun, so it takes the t-word article et. A helpful pattern to remember at your level is that one-syllable neuter nouns like år usually do not change in the plural. This means one year is et år, and two years is to år.