No. 609 in Swedish
sådant
"Such" or "things like that."
In a sentence
Sådant väder gör mig glad.
Such weather makes me happy.
Here, 'sådant' is used to refer to a quality or type of thing (in this case, weather), indicating a specific kind that has been discussed or is understood from the context.
Jag har aldrig sett sådant förut.
I have never seen anything like that before.
In this sentence, 'sådant' refers to a peculiar or notable type of thing that the speaker has not encountered previously.
Han är intresserad av sådant som teknik och vetenskap.
He is interested in things like technology and science.
In this usage, 'sådant' is a pronoun referring to categories or examples of things, often followed by a specification through 'som' (like).
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