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### "From Here" and "From There"

In Swedish, when you want to describe where an action or perspective originates, you can attach the suffix **-ifrån** (meaning *from*) directly to an adverb of place. 

Adding **-ifrån** to **här** (*here*) and **där** (*there*) creates **härifrån** (*from here*) and **därifrån** (*from there*).

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### Spatial Angles

You can combine **-ifrån** with directional adverbs to specify exactly what angle someone is viewing or acting from. This is especially useful with verbs like **betrakta** (*to observe*). 

| Direction | With **-ifrån** | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| **upp** (*up*) | **uppifrån** | *from above* |
| **ut** (*out*) | **utifrån** | *from the outside* |
| **in** (*in*) | **inifrån** | *from the inside* |
| **ned** (*down*) | **nedifrån** | *from below* |
| **fram** (*forward*) | **framifrån** | *from the front* |
| **bak** (*back*) | **bakifrån** | *from behind* |

These spatial adverbs can stand alone, or they can be followed immediately by a noun to specify the origin (such as *uppifrån taket* meaning *from up on the roof* or *inifrån huset* meaning *from inside the house*).

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### Abstract Perspectives

While **utifrån** literally means *from the outside*, it is frequently used in a more abstract sense to mean "based on" or "from the point of view of." It is commonly paired with the noun **perspektivet** (*the perspective*).

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### Originating "From Home"

Finally, one of the most common everyday uses of this suffix is **hemifrån** (*from home*), built from the directional adverb **hem** (*home*). This is used for everything from physically leaving the house to describing remote work.

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Adverbs of spatial origin (-ifrån)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite ending (barnet, hunden)

Indefinite articles and -ar verbs (en, ett)

Basic word order

Singular adjectives (stor, stort)

Plural adjectives (-a)

Sentence negation (inte)

Yes/No questions

Basic question words (vad, vem, var)

Regular Group 2 verbs (-er)

Short verbs and irregulars (har, gör)

The infinitive marker (att)

Modal verbs (kan, vill, måste, får)

Future intention (ska)

Time adverbs (imorgon, igår)

Word order inversion

Adverbs of frequency (ibland, aldrig)

Everyday things (dörren, stolen, tåget)

Definite suffix spelling changes

Plural nouns Group 1 and 2 (-or, -ar)

Plural nouns Group 3 (-er, -r)

Neuter indefinite plurals

Definite plural suffixes (-na, -a, -en)

Object pronouns (mig, dig, oss)

Reflexive pronouns (sig)

Expanded question words (när, varför)

Which and what (vilken, vilket, vilka)

Coordinating conjunctions (men, eller, för)

Prepositions of place (i, på, till, från)

Quantifiers (mycket, många)

Indefinite pronouns (någon, något, några)

First and second person possessives (min, din, vår, er)

Third person possessives (hans, hennes, dess, deras)

Reflexive possessives (sin, sitt, sina)

The genitive (-s)

Adjectives before singular nouns

Adjectives before plural nouns (-a)

Double definiteness (den, det, de)

Demonstratives (den här, det här, de här)

The imperative mood

Past tense of vara and ha (var, hade)

Possessives for names (-s)

Definite plural adjectives (de ... -a)

Genitive case for names (-s)

Numbers 1 to 10 (en, två, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (elva till tjugo)

Counting by tens to 100 (trettio, fyrtio...)

Days of the week (måndag, tisdag...)

Months of the year (januari, februari...)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (första, andra...)

Greetings and politeness (hej, tack, förlåt)

Particle verbs of direction (gå ut, komma in)

Simple past: Group 1 (-ade)

Simple past: Group 2a (-de)

Simple past: Group 2b (-te)

Simple past: Group 3 (-dde)

Simple past: Group 4

Present perfect: Groups 1 and 2 (har)

Present perfect: Groups 3 and 4

Past perfect (hade)

Future predictions (kommer att)

Future with present tense

The adjective small (liten, litet, små)

Demonstratives of distance (den där, det där, de där)

Negative pronouns (ingen, inget, inga)

Universal pronouns (all, allt, alla)

The generic pronoun (man, en)

Possessive generic pronoun (ens)

Reciprocal pronoun (varandra)

Qualitative pronouns (sådan, sådant, sådana)

Habitual time expressions (på)

Specific past time expressions (i)

Past time expressions (för ... sedan)

Future time expressions (om)

Location and motion adverbs (här/hit, där/dit)

Consequences (så)

Correlative conjunctions (både ... och)

Either and neither (antingen ... eller, varken ... eller)

Verbs of opinion and belief (tycker, tror, tänker)

Subordinate clauses (att, om)

Time clauses (när, innan, medan)

Clauses of cause (eftersom, därför att)

Negation in subordinate clauses (inte)

V2 word order inversion

Relative clauses as subjects (som)

Relative clauses as objects (som)

Relative clauses for places (där)

Adverbs from adjectives (-t)

Adjective comparative and superlative (-are, -ast)

Question	Answer
from here	härifrån
We can see the city well from here.	Vi kan se staden bra härifrån.
Would you like to move from here?	Skulle du vilja flytta härifrån?
from there	därifrån
I saw him come from there yesterday.	Jag såg honom komma därifrån igår.
to observe	betrakta
When we stood on the mountain, we observed the valley from there.	När vi stod på berget betraktade vi dalen därifrån.
from above	uppifrån
From up on the roof, one can observe the entire square.	Uppifrån taket kan man betrakta hela torget.
He heard the sound come from above.	Han hörde ljudet komma uppifrån.
from the outside	utifrån
One must observe the problem from the outside.	Man måste betrakta problemet utifrån.
Someone had locked the door from the outside.	Någon hade låst dörren utifrån.
from the inside	inifrån
We heard the woman call from inside the house.	Vi hörde kvinnan ropa inifrån huset.
One can only open the car from the inside.	Man kan bara öppna bilen inifrån.
from below	nedifrån
We observed the big tree from below.	Vi betraktade det stora trädet nedifrån.
The sound came from down on the street.	Ljudet kom nedifrån gatan.
from the front	framifrån
The house looks different from the front.	Huset ser annorlunda ut framifrån.
He looked at the car from the front.	Han tittade på bilen framifrån.
from behind	bakifrån
She hugged him from behind.	Hon kramade honom bakifrån.
Could they come from behind?	Skulle de kunna komma bakifrån?
the perspective	perspektivet
From this perspective, the situation is interesting.	Utifrån det här perspektivet är situationen intressant.
We must change the perspective ourselves.	Vi måste ändra perspektivet själva.
from home	hemifrån
Are you working from home today?	Jobbar du hemifrån idag?
I had already left home when it started to rain.	Jag hade redan åkt hemifrån när det började regna.