No. 8,923 in Swedish
dessförinnan
"Before that."
In a sentence
Jag tänkte på en fråga tidigare, men dessförinnan hade jag inget svar.
I was thinking about a question earlier, but before that I had no answer.
Here, 'dessförinnan' is used as an adverb indicating a point in time prior to a reference moment.
Hon städade hela huset, och dessförinnan organiserade hon alla rummen.
She cleaned the entire house, and before that she organized all the rooms.
In this example, 'dessförinnan' connects two sequential events, specifying an action occurred prior to another.
Vi besökte parken på eftermiddagen; dessförinnan gick vi till museet.
We visited the park in the afternoon; before that we went to the museum.
'Dessförinnan' here specifies temporal order, illustrating that the museum visit happened before going to the park.
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