"Hon är inte pilot än."

Translation: She is not a pilot yet.

[sdfdsv]

Does this sound the same as "Hon är inte piloten"?

[tracymorgan1]

Yes, I thought so, too!

[mrxanadu]

That would mean "She is not the pilot". Which would also make sense, because she's not a pilot yet ;)

[lucas.hbs]

It's been a year, but I just had to reply. This was my exact reaction.

[ZL321]

I think they're slightly different, with the accents and stresses and whatnot.

[andjan]

To me it sounds like "piloten" in this case, but normally the words are pronounced separately.

[Petrovic_Milan]

Yes, it does sound exactly like "Hon är inte piloten."
It took me several attempts to understand what I was doing wrong.

[snyggification]

Why isn't the adverb following the verb immediately? Could one also say "Hon är inte än pilot"?

[HelenCarlsson]

Nope. But you can say "Än är hon inte pilot"!

[funtaco]

Wait, now I'm really confused. Is än simply an exception to the rule?

[Arnauti]

I don't think it's an exception. There are two main places for the adverbial in a Swedish sentence: whatever regards the whole sentence should go after the finite verb and the subject, but other adverbials go at the end of the sentence. Like:

Jag äter inte pasta i morgon.
I will not eat pasta tomorrow.

Perfectly normal sentence.

Jag läser gärna din bok i morgon.
I'd love to read your book tomorrow

gärna is also a sentence adverbial, modifying the sentence action as a whole, so it goes in the first adverbial slot, but i morgon is just a time adverbial so it goes at the end, in the second adverbial slot.

There are some very helpful diagrams here, unfortunately in Swedish, but they show how our sentences are constructed:
http://www.student.umu.se/under-studietiden/studieverkstad/skriftliga-uppgifter/skrivrad-och-sprakhjalp/ordfoljd-i-huvudsatser-och-bisatser/

[Arnauti]

Longer post about word order here: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/8970470

[Zmrzlina]

It seems so, yes.

[NevilleJam]

Is that an old way of speaking?

[HelenCarlsson]

Not as far as I know :). I guess it's less common to put "än" first though and it is used only if we really want to stress än.

[WhimbreI]

...Men du är inte jedi än.

[exqeriment]

:(

[HerMyKneeGinger]

Exactly my thoughts

[HerMyKneeGinger]

Luke, du är inte Jedi än :)

[XJDPe]

What is the difference between än and ännu?

[Daniel71983]

So 'än' functions like the english 'yet' and not like the german 'noch' or dutch 'nog'?

[HelenCarlsson]

It depends :).

1. Negation:
   Hon är inte pilot än = She is not a pilot yet
   Hon är fortfarande inte pilot = She is still not a pilot
2. Non-negation:
   Hon är pilot än = Hon är pilot ännu = Hon är pilot fortfarande = Hon är fortfarande pilot = She is still a pilot

[Daniel71983]

wow didn't expect such a quick and thorough response thanks that helps a lot :)
But now I have a new question.... What's the difference between än and ännu?

[HelenCarlsson]

When used as adverbs, they are synonyms.

But "än" can also be used in comparisons and then it cannot be replaced by "ännu": Jag är kortare än du = I am shorter than you

And "ännu" (but not "än") can also mean "even" as in "Jag är ännu kortare än du = I am even shorter than you.

http://blogs.transparent.com/swedish/an-or-annu/

This is confusing even to a Swede = Detta är förvirrande även för en svensk. (Unfortunately, "ännu" does not work here :)).

[thiagohcarv10]

could someone explain why "she still isn't a pilot" is wrong?

[gamble.]

Could you not say "she is not a pilot just yet"?

[Marla431037]

Can you say "verkligen en präst"? Insead of egentligen?

[HelenCarlsson]

No :). You can find a really good post bout the difference here https://www.duolingo.com/comment/15625922.

[Marla431037]

Thank you!

[Augustovj]

What about ändå? Could it be used here instead of än?

[sasankazem]

I think "a" is missing

[Birgitta520240]

I wrote: "she is not yet a pilot" and it was marked wrong. Why? What is the difference between "not yet a pilot" and "not a pilot yet"?