No. 140 in Swedish
sett
"Sett" in Swedish means "seen" or "way/manner," depending on the context.
In a sentence
Jag har sett filmen tidigare.
I have seen the movie before.
Here, 'sett' is the past participle of the verb 'se' (to see) and is used in a perfect tense construction.
Vi har sett fram emot resan länge.
We have been looking forward to the trip for a long time.
'Sett' is part of the phrasal verb 'se fram emot', which means 'to look forward to'.
På sätt och vis har du rätt.
In a way, you are right.
The word 'sätt' in the phrase means 'way' or 'manner', and is a homonym of 'sett', demonstrating different meanings of similar-sounding words in Swedish.
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