Word
Astronauten har inte vilat förrän nu.
Meaning
The astronaut has not rested until now.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Astronauten har inte vilat förrän nu.
Why do we use förrän here instead of tills for 'until'?
In Swedish, you must use förrän instead of tills when the main part of the sentence is negative. Because we have inte (not) earlier in the sentence, we have to use förrän to mean 'until'.
How does the pairing of inte and förrän work in this sentence?
It works almost exactly like 'not ... until' in English. The negative word inte comes first in the main clause (har inte vilat), followed by förrän to introduce the time the action finally happens (förrän nu).
Why is the verb vilat instead of vilar or vilade?
We are using the present perfect tense here, which translates to 'has rested'. To make this, you use har plus the supine form of the verb. For regular Group 1 verbs like vila (to rest), this form is made by adding a -t to the end, giving us vilat.
How do we know this means 'the astronaut' and not just 'an astronaut'?
Swedish puts the word for 'the' at the end of the noun as a suffix. Adding -en to the base word astronaut makes it astronauten, giving us 'the astronaut'.