ABSTRACT
Swedish retains a distinction no longer found in English, using different forms of certain adverbs with verbs to indicate location at a place and motion to and from a place, respectively. English used to have this distinction in, for example, ‘here/hither/hence’, but as the examples below show, ‘here’ is now widely used in all instances:
Han bor här. He lives here. Location
Han kommer hit. He is coming here. Motion towards
Härifrån till evigheten. From here to eternity Motion away from
Location Motion towards Motion away from
Where? Where to? Where from?
var(?) where vart(?) where to varifrån(?) where from
här here hit (to) here härifrån from here
där there dit (to) there därifrån from there
inne in(side) in in inifrån from inside
ute out(side) ut out utifrån from outside
uppe up upp up(wards) uppifrån from above
nere down ner down(wards) nerifrån from below
hemma (at) home hem home(wards) hemifrån from home
framme in front fram forward(s) framifrån from the front
borta away bort away bortifrån from that direction
