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### Duration in negative sentences

When you want to express how long it has been since something last happened (like "for years" or "in a long time"), English often uses "for" or "in". In Swedish, if the sentence is negative (containing **inte**), use the preposition **på**.

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### Common time expressions

You can pair **på** with almost any length of time. Common phrases include **på länge** (for a long time), **på flera år** (for several years), or **på en evighet** (in an eternity).

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Notice how this structure usually pairs with the present perfect tense (**har** + supine verb) to describe things you haven't done or experienced in a while.

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Duration in negative sentences (på)

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
the record player	skivspelaren
We haven't used the record player for many years.	Vi har inte använt skivspelaren på många år.
I haven't turned on the record player in an eternity.	Jag har inte satt på skivspelaren på en evighet.
to dust off	damma av
He hasn't dusted off the collection for a long time.	Han har inte dammat av samlingen på länge.
We dusted off the record player this morning.	Vi dammade av skivspelaren i morse.
the decade	årtiondet
I haven't listened to the vinyl record in a decade.	Jag har inte lyssnat på vinylskivan på ett årtionde.
We haven't met in several decades.	Vi har inte träffats på flera årtionden.
the cover	omslaget
I haven't looked at the cover for three weeks.	Jag har inte tittat på omslaget på tre veckor.
The cover is much older than you think.	Omslaget är mycket äldre än du tror.
fragile	skör
The old vinyl record is fragile.	Den gamla vinylskivan är skör.
I haven't touched the fragile cover in an eternity.	Jag har inte rört det sköra omslaget på en evighet.
the crackle	knastret
I haven't heard the crackle in years.	Jag har inte hört knastret på flera år.
We love the crackle from the record player.	Vi älskar knastret från skivspelaren.
to spin	snurra
The vinyl record hasn't spun like this for months.	Vinylskivan har inte snurrat så här på flera månader.
It spins much faster now.	Den snurrar mycket snabbare nu.
nostalgic	nostalgisk
I haven't felt this nostalgic for a long time.	Jag har inte känt mig så här nostalgisk på länge.
We became even more nostalgic last Christmas.	Vi blev ännu mer nostalgiska i julas.
the melody	melodin
I haven't sung the melody for twenty years.	Jag har inte sjungit melodin på tjugo år.
The melody is even more beautiful now.	Melodin är ännu vackrare nu.
the amplifier	förstärkaren
I haven't used the amplifier for ten years.	Jag har inte använt förstärkaren på tio år.
We dusted off the amplifier last summer.	Vi dammade av förstärkaren i somras.