Breakdown of Företaget har nyligen anställt en mycket erfaren projektledare.
en
a, an (common)
mycket
much / very
ha
to have
företaget
the company
nyligen
recently
anställa
to hire
projektledaren
the project manager
erfaren
experienced
Questions & Answers about Företaget har nyligen anställt en mycket erfaren projektledare.
Why do we use the present perfect (har anställt) here instead of the simple past (anställde)?
We use the present perfect because of the word nyligen (recently). It describes a completed event at an unspecified time that feels relevant to the present. If the sentence mentioned a specific, 'closed' time in the past like förra veckan (last week), you would use the simple past (anställde).
Why does the adverb nyligen go between har and anställt?
In a Swedish main clause, sentence adverbs like nyligen, inte, or ofta are placed right after the first conjugated verb. Here, that is the helper verb har.
Why does the supine form anställt end in '-t' instead of '-it'?
Att anställa (to hire) belongs to verb group 2. Regular verbs in groups 1 and 2 form the supine (the verb form used after har) by adding a -t to the stem. The -it ending is used for group 4 (strong) verbs, like har skrivit.
Why is the adjective erfaren and not erfaret or erfarna?
The adjective must agree with the noun it describes. Projektledare is an en-word in the singular (en projektledare), so we use the basic form erfaren. If it were describing an ett-word, it would be erfaret, and if it were plural or definite, it would be erfarna.
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