No. 10,313 in Swedish
julas
"Julas" is a reflexive verb meaning "to celebrate Christmas."
In a sentence
Vi firade hos farmor julas.
We celebrated at grandmother's last Christmas.
In this sentence, 'julas' refers to the previous Christmas, serving as a temporal marker indicating when the celebration took place.
Julas var det mycket snö i Sverige.
Last Christmas, there was a lot of snow in Sweden.
Here, 'julas' acts as an adverb specifying the time of the snow occurrence to the previous Christmas.
Många köpte nytt pynt julas.
Many people bought new decorations last Christmas.
In this context, 'julas' again provides a timeframe, specifying when the action of buying occurred relative to Christmas.
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