No. 93 in Swedish
samtidigt
At the same time.
In a sentence
Jag lyssnar på musik samtidigt som jag arbetar.
I listen to music while I work.
Here, 'samtidigt' is used as a conjunction along with 'som' to express an action happening at the same time as another action.
Vi kom fram samtidigt till festen.
We arrived at the party at the same time.
In this sentence, 'samtidigt' is used as an adverb to express that two actions occurred at the same moment.
Det är svårt att tala och lyssna samtidigt.
It is difficult to talk and listen simultaneously.
Here, 'samtidigt' is used as an adverb to explicitly indicate that two actions are carried out at the same time.
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