Breakdown of Munken har studerat skriften sedan han fick nyckeln till klostret.
han
he
ha
to have
till
to (direction, destination)
nyckeln
the key
få
to get, receive
studera
to study (formal, at university)
munken
the monk
klostret
the monastery
sedan
since (from a point in time)
skriften
the scripture
Questions & Answers about Munken har studerat skriften sedan han fick nyckeln till klostret.
Why do we use the present perfect (har studerat) in the main clause, but the simple past (fick) after sedan?
This is the standard pattern when sedan means "since" for an ongoing state. The main action started in the past and is still happening, so it takes the present perfect (har studerat). The event that triggered it was a single completed action in the past, so the clause after sedan takes the simple past (fick).
Is sedan acting as a conjunction or a preposition in this sentence?
It acts as a temporal conjunction here because it introduces a full subordinate clause with its own subject and verb (han fick). If the sentence used a specific point in time instead, like sedan igår (since yesterday), it would be functioning as a preposition.
Why use the preposition till in nyckeln till klostret?
In Swedish, till is the standard preposition to express belonging, physical attachment, or matching parts. While English might say "the key to" or "the key for", Swedish consistently uses till for things like keys to a lock, passwords to an account, or lids to a jar.
The base word for a monastery is ett kloster. Why does the definite form drop an 'e' to become klostret?
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