Breakdown of Både chefen och kollegan arbetade vidare.
och
and
kollegan
the colleague
chefen
the boss
både
both
arbeta vidare
to continue working
Questions & Answers about Både chefen och kollegan arbetade vidare.
How does the word vidare work with arbetade in this sentence?
In this sentence, vidare acts as an aspectual particle. While vidare on its own means "further", adding it directly after a verb implies continuing an action. So arbetade vidare translates to "continued working" or "worked on".
How should I pronounce the phrase arbetade vidare?
Because this functions as a particle verb, the spoken stress falls on the particle rather than the verb itself. You should put the emphasis on vidare instead of arbetade to sound natural and convey the right meaning.
Why are we using både and och together here?
The phrase både ... och is a fixed correlative pair in Swedish that means "both ... and". Just like in English, you need both parts of the grammatical pair to correctly link the two subjects (chefen and kollegan).
What is the base form of kollegan?
The base word is en kollega (a colleague). To make it definite ("the colleague"), you simply add the suffix -n because it is an en-word that already ends in a vowel, resulting in kollegan.
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