Breakdown of Annas make har antagligen redan accepterat inbjudan.
ha
to have
maken
the husband
Anna
Anna
redan
already
Questions & Answers about Annas make har antagligen redan accepterat inbjudan.
We have two sentence adverbs here: antagligen (probably) and redan (already). Does the order matter?
Yes, it usually does! When you have multiple sentence adverbs, adverbs expressing attitude or certainty (like antagligen, faktiskt, or tyvärr) generally come before adverbs of time or degree (like redan, alltid, or ofta). Therefore, antagligen redan sounds much more natural than the reverse.
Why are antagligen and redan placed between har and accepterat?
In a standard main clause, sentence adverbs go immediately after the first verb (the conjugated or "finite" verb, which is har here) and before any additional verbs (like the supinum accepterat). Note that if this were a subordinate clause starting with att (that), the adverbs would jump to before har due to the BIFF rule.
The translation says "the invitation", but inbjudan doesn't look like a standard definite noun. How does it work?
Inbjudan belongs to a special group of en-words that end in -an (other common examples include ansökan for "application" and början for "beginning"). These nouns are often exactly the same in both their indefinite ("an invitation") and definite ("the invitation") singular forms. You have to rely on context to know which one is meant!