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- "Ska du vila efter middagen?"
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1898
OK, thanks, it's been about 35years since I learned Swedish so am a little rusty and out of touch with current usage. Great to have the chance to refresh!
1449
There are certainly some older people who still mean lunch when they say middag, and there may also be some local variation, so you may even hear it from younger people. However, we think it would be too confusing to approve both options in this case. We are after all teaching Standard Swedish.
190
Indeed, 'dinner' refers to the main/most important meal of a day, 'supper' is the evening meal if one wants to be explicit. While in many western countries the dinner is the supper, on the other hand, in many eastern countries it is the lunch which should be referred to as dinner. It leads to a lot of confusion though, so I stick with saying 'dinner' and meaning 'supper'...
1449
It's like 'rest' in English. a nap is en tupplur (a funny word), there's also sova middag which means 'take a nap after dinner'.
1449
The latter would be i eftermiddag = 'this afternoon'. It's also possible to say: på eftermiddagen, but that means 'in the afternoon'.
1449
Not really, the 'should' as in 'ought' would be Borde du …? or if you mean it in a general sense, Borde man …?