No. 236 in Swedish
inträffade
"Occurred" or "happened."
In a sentence
En olycka inträffade på motorvägen igår.
An accident occurred on the highway yesterday.
Here, 'inträffade' means 'occurred' or 'happened' and is used to describe an event taking place in the past.
Mötet inträffade tidigare än förväntat.
The meeting occurred earlier than expected.
In this context, 'inträffade' refers to the occurrence of a scheduled event at an earlier time.
Vad tror du skulle ha inträffat om vi hade valt annorlunda?
What do you think would have happened if we had chosen differently?
Here, 'inträffat' is the past participle form, used to talk about a hypothetical past event in a conditional statement.
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