No. 61 in Swedish
hela
"Hela" in Swedish means "whole" or "entire."
In a sentence
Hon åt upp hela kakan.
She ate the entire cake.
Here, 'hela' is used as an adjective to describe the noun 'kakan', meaning 'the entire' or 'the whole' in English, indicating all parts or the entirety of the cake.
Hela laget vann tävlingen.
The whole team won the competition.
In this sentence, 'hela' modifies 'laget', which means 'the team', conveying that all members of the team were involved in the victory.
Jag vill hela tiden lära mig något nytt.
I always want to learn something new.
Here, 'hela' combines with 'tiden' to form the expression 'hela tiden', which translates to 'all the time' or 'always', illustrating an ongoing action or state.
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