Breakdown of Jag har redan skickat vår adress till alla gäster.
jag
I
ha
to have
till
to
vår
our
gästen
the guest
skicka
to send
redan
already
adressen
the address
alla
all
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Questions & Answers about Jag har redan skickat vår adress till alla gäster.
Why do we use har skickat instead of skickade?
In Swedish, har skickat is the present perfect. We use it to talk about an action completed with relevance to the present moment. Skickade is the simple past, which just states that the action happened in the past. Here, because you’re emphasising that the address has now been sent (and its result matters), the perfect tense is preferred.
Why is redan placed between har and skickat?
Swedish word order puts adverbs (like redan) after the finite verb (here the auxiliary har) but before the main verb (skickat). The pattern is: Subject – Finite Verb – Adverb – Main Verb.
Why is it vår adress and not vårt adress?
Possessive pronouns in Swedish agree with the noun’s gender and number. Adress is a common-gender (en-word), so you use vår (without a -t). If it were a neuter noun (ett-word), you’d use vårt.
Why don’t we say vår adressen or den vår adress?
When you use a possessive pronoun (like vår), it already makes the noun definite. You cannot combine it with the definite article den or the noun’s definite ending -en. So you say vår adress, not vår adressen.
Why is the preposition till used before alla gäster?
In Swedish, when you talk about sending something to someone, you use till for the recipient. The standard pattern is skicka något till någon. Hence till alla gäster = “to all guests.”
Why does the sentence use alla gäster instead of alla gästerna?
Alla gäster (indefinite plural) means “all guests” in a general sense. Alla gästerna would be “all the guests,” referring to a specific, already identified group. Both are correct; the indefinite form is simply more neutral or general here.
What nuance does redan add to the sentence?
Redan means “already.” It emphasises that the action occurred sooner than expected or has been completed by now. So Jag har redan skickat… tells the listener you’ve done it already.
What’s the difference between skicka and sända?
Both verbs mean “to send.” Skicka is the everyday, general term for sending mail, packages, messages, etc. Sända is more formal or literary and also covers “to broadcast” (like on radio or TV).