Breakdown of Jag har inte lyssnat på vinylskivan på ett årtionde.
jag
I
ett
a, an (neuter)
inte
not
lyssna på
to listen to
Questions & Answers about Jag har inte lyssnat på vinylskivan på ett årtionde.
Why does the sentence use på twice?
They serve two completely different purposes here! The first på belongs to the verb: lyssna på means "listen to". The second på is a time preposition meaning "in" or "for", used to show how long it has been since an action last happened.
Why use på for "in a decade" instead of i?
This is a special rule for negative sentences. When you say you have not done something for a certain amount of time, Swedish uses på. If the sentence were positive (like "I listened to it for a decade"), you would use i instead.
What exactly is the word årtionde made of?
It's a literal combination of år (year) and tionde (tenth). A "year-tenth" is a decade! You might also see the word decennium used in Swedish to mean the exact same thing.
Could I just say skivan instead of vinylskivan?
Yes! En skiva translates to a disc, record, or even a slice (like a slice of bread). In a musical context, just saying skivan (the record) is very common, but adding vinyl- specifically emphasizes the format.