Questions & Answers about Ljudet kom nedifrån gatan.
Why does this sentence use nedifrån instead of just från?
The suffix -ifrån means 'from,' and combining it with ned (down) specifies the exact spatial origin. If you just said från gatan, it would simply mean 'from the street.' Using nedifrån tells us that the street is physically below the person hearing the sound.
Is it also correct to say nerifrån?
Yes! Both nedifrån and nerifrån mean 'from down below' and are completely interchangeable. nedifrån is slightly more common in written or formal Swedish, while nerifrån is often used in everyday speech.
Why don't we need an extra preposition before the noun, like nedifrån från gatan?
The -ifrån suffix already has the word från (from) built right into it. Adverbs of spatial origin like nedifrån, uppifrån (from above), or utifrån (from outside) often function directly as prepositions, connecting straight to the noun (gatan) without needing to repeat från.
As a quick refresher, why do we use the definite forms ljudet and gatan here?
ljudet (the sound) and gatan (the street) are both in the definite form because the speaker is talking about a specific, identifiable sound coming from a specific street right outside their location. Remember that for an ett word like ett ljud, the definite ending is -et, and for an en word like en gata, it is -n.
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