"An ugly troll looked in through the window."

Translation: Ett fult troll tittade in genom fönstret.

[Anakinra1]

Life in Sweden is magic...

[SamPatJohn]

"tittade in genom" That's the first I've seen "in" used in Swedish. When do you use in instead of i?

[Arnauti]

It's more like 'into' in meaning – it describes a direction "into" something.
Jag stoppade in brevet i kuvertet 'I put the letter into the envelope'
this results in
Brevet är i kuvertet 'The letter is in the envelope'

[the-scientist]

What's the difference between ''igenom'' and ''genom''? Is there a particular situation where one or the other can be used or is it synonymous?

[devalanteriel]

genom has several other senses, but in the sense of going through something, they're interchangeable. :)

[LenaStorli]

"genom" and "igenom" are synonymous.

[devalanteriel]

In this context, yes - not always. (And they're both accepted.)

[OdileBlanv]

Why does litade doesn't work here?

[devalanteriel]

lita means "trust".

[OdileBlanv]

Sorry, I meant letade :-/

[devalanteriel]

Oh, right. That means to look as in looking for something, i.e. the searching kind of looking.

[OdileBlanv]

I see. I tought it has this meaning only with efter. Tack så mycket!

[devalanteriel]

If you're mentioning an object, you do need the efter, but not otherwise:

• Vi letar efter moroten
• Vi letar inomhus

In this case, leta efter isn't actually a phrasal or particle verb - it's just the preposition required for a prepositional phrase with an object.

[Chrisbilljohn]

Could you say "En ful..."

[devalanteriel]

No, since troll is an ett-word.

[shaneelah]

Would "inne" work, or is that only about physical movement?

[devalanteriel]

No, since inne is a location rather than a direction.

[James704885]

Ok but why IN and not I. This is the first sentence I have seen that specified the use of IN over I. I have seen IN I used together but never separate.