No. 774 in Swedish
redan
Already.
In a sentence
Jag har redan ätit frukost.
I have already eaten breakfast.
In this sentence, 'redan' is used to indicate that the action of eating breakfast has occurred prior to the present moment.
Redan när jag såg filmen första gången förstod jag slutet.
Already when I watched the film for the first time, I understood the ending.
Here, 'redan' introduces a point in time during a past event to emphasize an early recognition or realization.
Han var redan på stationen innan tåget anlände.
He was already at the station before the train arrived.
'Redan' is used to highlight that a condition or state was true before another event happened.
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