Questions & Answers about Vad gjorde han i natt och i morse?
Wait, doesn't i natt mean "tonight"? How can it mean "last night" here?
I natt actually refers to the closest night. Because the verb in this sentence is gjorde (did), which is in the past tense, i natt means the night that just passed: "last night". If the sentence used a future tense, it would mean "tonight".
Why is it i morse for "this morning" instead of i morgon?
In Swedish, i morgon always means "tomorrow". To say "this morning" when referring to a morning that has already happened, you must use the special past-tense phrase i morse.
Could I say den här morgonen instead of i morse?
It is much more natural to use i morse. While den här morgonen literally translates to "this morning", Swedes almost exclusively use the set phrase i morse when talking about the specific morning that just passed.
Are i natt and i morse always written as two words?
Yes, standard Swedish requires these time expressions to be written as two separate words. You might see native speakers write them as one word (like inatt or imorse) in casual text messages, but keeping the preposition i separate is the correct written form.