http://www.transparent.com/swedish/position-and-direction-continued/ Language and Culture of the Swedish-Speaking World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:27:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/position-and-direction-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-944 David Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:30:15 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=260#comment-944 Another thing one can do is to make the directional adverb express a general sense of direction rather than movement to a specific place, by adding "-åt". This is like the English distinction between "We're heading to New York" and "We're heading towards New York". So one can distinguish between "Han kommer hit" ("He's coming here") and "Han kommer hitåt" (He's heading this way"). And the same with ditåt, vartåt, bortåt, hemåt, uppåt, inåt etc. But with some of these adverbs one can choose a simpler strategy and just say "Han kommer åt det här hållet" ("He's heading in this direction") or its equivalent. But I'm not sure how often you actually need to do this in order to be understood. Another thing one can do is to make the directional adverb express a general sense of direction rather than movement to a specific place, by adding “-åt”. This is like the English distinction between “We’re heading to New York” and “We’re heading towards New York”. So one can distinguish between “Han kommer hit” (“He’s coming here”) and “Han kommer hitåt” (He’s heading this way”). And the same with ditåt, vartåt, bortåt, hemåt, uppåt, inåt etc. But with some of these adverbs one can choose a simpler strategy and just say “Han kommer åt det här hållet” (“He’s heading in this direction”) or its equivalent. But I’m not sure how often you actually need to do this in order to be understood.

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