Hyresvärden har fortfarande inte återbetalat depositionen.

Because hyresvärden is the definite singular form of hyresvärd, meaning the landlord.

• hyresvärd = a landlord
• hyresvärden = the landlord

In Swedish, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word like the in English.

It is a compound noun:

• hyres- = rental / rent-related
• värd = host, owner, landlord

So hyresvärd is the person who rents out a property — the landlord.

This is the perfect tense in Swedish.

It is formed with:

• har = has/have
• the supine form of the main verb: återbetalat

So:

• har återbetalat = has repaid / has paid back

Swedish often uses the perfect when talking about something that has not happened yet but is still relevant now. In this sentence, the repayment has still not happened, and that matters in the present.

Återbetalat is the supine form of the verb återbetala.

Important forms are:

• infinitive: återbetala = to repay
• present: återbetalar = repays / is repaying
• past: återbetalade = repaid
• supine: återbetalat = used with har/hade

So in har återbetalat, Swedish requires the supine, not the past tense.

Återbetala means to pay back or to refund.

It is made up of:

• åter- = back, again
• betala = to pay

So the idea is literally pay back.

Because fortfarande adds the meaning of still.

• har inte återbetalat = has not repaid
• har fortfarande inte återbetalat = has still not repaid

So fortfarande emphasizes that the expected repayment has continued not to happen.

In this sentence, fortfarande inte works together as a natural phrase meaning still not.

The order:

• har fortfarande inte återbetalat

is the normal Swedish way to say has still not repaid.

If you changed the order, the meaning would sound odd or change. For example, inte fortfarande would mean something more like not still, which is a different idea.

Yes, often you can, but there is a slight difference in feeling.

• fortfarande inte = still not
• ännu inte = not yet

So:

• Hyresvärden har fortfarande inte återbetalat depositionen. = The landlord still hasn’t repaid the deposit.
• Hyresvärden har ännu inte återbetalat depositionen. = The landlord hasn’t repaid the deposit yet.

Both are correct, but fortfarande inte often feels a bit more frustrated or emphasizes the ongoing delay.

Because it means the deposit, not a deposit.

• deposition = a deposit
• depositionen = the deposit

Just like hyresvärden, the noun takes a definite ending instead of using a separate word for the.

Yes. In housing contexts, deposition is a normal word for a security deposit paid to a landlord.

So in this sentence, depositionen refers to the specific deposit connected to the rental.

Because Swedish usually expresses definiteness with an ending on the noun.

Here you have:

• hyresvärden = the landlord
• depositionen = the deposit

This is one of the big differences from English. Instead of the landlord and the deposit, Swedish often uses noun endings like -en or -et.

Yes. If you wanted a simple past statement, you could say:

• Hyresvärden återbetalade inte depositionen.

That means The landlord did not repay the deposit.

But that version sounds more like a finished past event or narrative statement. The original sentence with har fortfarande inte återbetalat focuses on the fact that, up to now, the repayment still has not happened.

In a yes/no question, the finite verb comes first:

• Har hyresvärden fortfarande inte återbetalat depositionen?

That means Has the landlord still not repaid the deposit?

This is standard Swedish word order for yes/no questions.

Yes. In a subordinate clause, Swedish usually puts inte before the finite verb.

Compare:

• main clause: Hyresvärden har fortfarande inte återbetalat depositionen.
• subordinate clause: ... att hyresvärden fortfarande inte har återbetalat depositionen.

So this is a useful pattern to remember:

• main clause: verb before inte
• subordinate clause: inte before the verb

It breaks down like this:

• Hyresvärden = subject
• har = finite verb / auxiliary
• fortfarande inte = adverbial phrase meaning still not
• återbetalat = main verb in the supine
• depositionen = object

So the sentence structure is:

subject + auxiliary + adverb + supine + object

That is a very common Swedish pattern in the perfect tense.