"She comes after him."

Translation: Hon kommer efter honom.

[uche547375]

He better run.

[Manuel606281]

Finally a sentence I will use :D

[ChrisBeste]

I hope that she would not hurt him!!

[Hockin35]

Is this is 'she comes after him' as in he comes first, how does one say 'she comes after him' as if she is chasing or hunting him?

[paulthompson3]

i think it means that she will be arriving somewhere after him ie to the party a little bit later than him

[kentroper]

In English, "comimg after someone" could mean you are coming after they come, or it could mean you are chasing them. Does this sentence mean both things in Swedish, too?

[mesvensson]

I don't think so.

[HiMeCriss]

Oh no

[ErixTheRed]

In English, both nouns would normally be subjects "She comes after he [comes]". Same with things like "He is bigger than she [is big]". Is this the same in Swedish?

[Lundgren8]

No, efter is considered a preposition in this context, unlike än (than) which is usually a conjunction (although people often treat it as a preposition in some contexts).

Pretty sure it can be analysed like that in English as well, like sense 3 here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/after#Preposition

[nrseidel]

The above note is correct in the sense that it is how English is taught in school. It is not what is commonly found outside of the classroom. "She comes after him," and "He is bigger than her," would not give most native English speakers any pause.

[veloci4]

Why not "hon går efter honom." ? (Might have misspelled går)

[AliPenguinFace]

Aren't the words Hon and Honom both referring to females?

[paulthompson3]

hon is she,honom is him

[themonkifier]

Would this be like "she comes after him in the line" or "she chases after him"

[mesvensson]

She comes after him in line.

[lorenz932705]

Does it have the same two meanings as it does in English?

[mesvensson]

Don't think so.

[SwedishSucks]

:^)