Breakdown of Författaren redigerade utkastet både igår och i morse.
och
and
igår
yesterday
författaren
the author
morse
morning (used in 'i morse', 'igår morse')
både
both
i
last (in past time expressions)
redigera
to edit
utkastet
the draft
Questions & Answers about Författaren redigerade utkastet både igår och i morse.
How would adding the aspectual particle om change this sentence?
The current lesson covers particle verbs with om, which adds the meaning of doing something again. If we changed the verb to redigerade om (Författaren redigerade om utkastet...), it would mean the author "re-edited" or "rewrote" the draft, implying a more thorough revision than just regular editing.
Why use i morse here instead of på morgonen for "this morning"?
The phrase i morse specifically refers to a morning that has already passed earlier today. Because the verb redigerade (edited) is in the past tense, we know the morning is already over, making i morse the correct choice. på morgonen usually means "in the morning" as a general routine.
Författaren means "the author". Why doesn't it take the standard -en ending for definite nouns?
The base noun is författare (author). For en-words that already end in -are (which are very often professions or "doers"), we only add an -n to make them definite. This gives us författaren and avoids the awkward double-vowel sound you would get with "författareen".
How does the structure både ... och work in this sentence?
The phrase både [X] och [Y] is a fixed pair that translates exactly to "both [X] and [Y]". Here, it connects the two times the editing happened: igår and i morse. One key thing for English speakers to remember is that you cannot use både on its own to just say "both"—it always needs its partner och when listing things.
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