No. 505 in Swedish
mil
A Swedish "mil" is a unit of distance equal to 10 kilometers.
In a sentence
Den närmaste affären ligger tio mil bort.
The nearest store is ten mil away.
Here, 'mil' is used as a unit of distance measurement, equivalent to 10 kilometers.
Vi körde 30 mil på vår resa i helgen.
We drove 30 mil on our trip this weekend.
In this sentence, 'mil' conveys the total distance traveled, common in travel descriptions.
När du springer den här sträckan varje dag blir det många mil i veckan.
When you run this distance every day, it adds up to many mil in a week.
Here, 'mil' is used to describe the cumulative distance over a period, highlighting regular activity.
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