Breakdown of Nyligen har drygt hälften av avdelningen omorganiserats.
ha
to have
av
of, by / from (cause)
nyligen
recently
hälften
the half
drygt
just over
avdelningen
the department
omorganisera
to reorganize
Questions & Answers about Nyligen har drygt hälften av avdelningen omorganiserats.
How do you form the present perfect passive in omorganiserats?
This sentence uses the s-passive. To form it in the present perfect, you take the active supinum form omorganiserat (reorganized) and add an -s to the end, making it omorganiserats. Paired with the auxiliary verb har, it means "has been reorganized".
What does drygt mean here?
When used with amounts or numbers, the adverb drygt means "just over" or "a little more than". While the adjective dryg can mean arrogant or long-lasting in other contexts, here drygt hälften simply means "just over half".
Why does har come before the subject drygt hälften?
Why is hälften in the definite form?
In Swedish, when referring to "half" of a specific noun, you use the definite form hälften (literally "the half"). It is usually followed by av, so hälften av avdelningen translates to "half of the department".
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