"På eftermiddagen"
Translation:In the afternoon
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In a previous one, it was 'om en dag' and in this one it is 'på eftermiddagen'. How do I know whether to use på or om for talking about 'in' a particular time?
om with time means 'after' that amount of time. So Jag gör det om en vecka means 'I will do it in a week', as in 'after' a week, not 'for' a week.
That means something takes a day. Jag målar väggen på en dag = It takes me one day to paint the wall.
So with 'på' the action takes occurs during the stated time. With 'om' the action is starting after the stated time.. Right?
is it me or is the sound of pronunciation of the word 'på' different then in other sentences? is there a reason for that perhaps?
The vowel sounds are probably contracted.
So like: poeeeeeftermiddagen; exaggerated, but the o sound is really short.
I typed "Hästen är mat." When it was really "Pastan är mat." Oops! Use the turtle button to slow down the recording. It helps a lot.
How relates "på" to "i"? Both mean "in", but i still cannot distinguish properly when to use which. They seam really close: på eftermiddagen - in the afternoon; i juni - in june
Their use will vary between different usages of time. It's a bit messy, but important to learn.
So.. can you explain? Or is there a link maybe? Cause i had the same question now, although at other cases they had been clear for me..until now..
I'm not sure if this is correct, but I seem to --maybe!-- have sorted out using på: if I can use "during" instead of "in", or at least the concept of during ("in" being as damnably versatile a word in English as på seems to be in Swedish), I can use på.
In the afternoon = during the afternoon = på eftermiddagen I swim on mondays = I swim during mondays = Jag simmar på måndagar
"I" seems to be much more definite: this afternoon = i eftermiddagen today = i dag the morrow (yes, I know it's archaic) = i morgon
Maybe?
Good crickey, I can't seem to get a grasp on it otherwise and I'm at my wit's end. I might as well toss i, om, på, and half a dozen other words into a sack and choose one at random. Even if I have pinned down "på" and "i," even a little bit, "om," "av," and "till" are still mysteries utterly beyond my ken.
Ye gods, I hope my intuition spins up soon and I begin to understand these slippery little beggars.
This is largely correct. :)
Two minor things:
- It's i eftermiddag rather than i eftermiddagen
- I'd translate i morgon literally as "to-morrow", since that is exactly what it means and is closer grammatically to its English cognate
Prepositions are easily the trickiest part of achieving fluency in any language, so don't get discouraged. We all struggle with them in one way or another.
Thank you --and about i eftermiddag... Oops. Clearly I have a ways to go.
In English (perhaps only American-English?), an alternate yet archaic phrase (but still somewhat common in the region where I grew up) is "the morrow," meaning "tomorrow." "I'll see you on the morrow" = "I'll see you tomorrow." In that phrase, the definite-ness of "the morrow" seems to fit with using "i". Perhaps? Maybe?
I'll stick with it.
I was confused by this too. It seems like "this afternoon" should work, but maybe I'm missing something.
Strangely, "eftermiddagen" does not usually take place "efter middagen", but it does "efter lunchen".
am in right in saying 'på eftermiddagen' would be like saying 'within the afternoon'?
does eftermiddag directly translate to after dinner or am I remembering something wrong?
Earlier in this lesson we used vid vilken tid now it says pa eftermiddagen. When do we use pa and when do we use vid in relation to time?
They both typically mean "at", but which to use depends on the idiomatics for the specific time. So you can say vid midnatt but not på midnatt, yet på eftermiddagen but not vid eftermiddagen.
I haven't thought this through but I suppose it's vid when talking about a specific point in time, and på for a timespan.
why does "i" work instead of " på ". A person below said "use will vary between different usages of time" but I still don't understand what that means in this context.
