No. 217 in Swedish

nyligen

"Recently."

In a sentence

Jag har nyligen börjat en ny kurs i matematik.
I have recently started a new course in mathematics.
In this sentence, 'nyligen' is used as an adverb to indicate that the action occurred a short time ago.
Han köpte nyligen en ny telefon.
He recently bought a new phone.
Here, 'nyligen' emphasizes that the action of buying the phone happened not long ago.
Vi har nyligen sett den nya filmen på bio.
We have recently watched the new movie at the cinema.
This usage of 'nyligen' shows that the event of watching the movie was recent in relation to the present moment.

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