Re: CHAT: Future Swedish

Fredrik:

> >Also, the form "ännu", while correct, is perhaps slightly formal or poetic
> >(in this context). Better would have been "fortfarande".
Matt:
[ on the sentence: "Det har varit väldigt länge sedan jag bodde i Sverige,
  men det är överraskande (?) hur mycket jag ännu förstår... ]

> I almost wrote "fortfarande", but somehow it sounded too 'heavy' to go in
> between "jag" and "förstår".  How about "än"?  Would that also be too
> formal/poetic?
Sorry if I'm butting in here. But "än" can't be used at all.
I don't know why really. Possibly at the end of the sentence,
but that sounds a bit strange, at least to my ears.
"Fortfarande" isn't heavy at all. It's the normal word
to use nowadays. A newer word for "förstår" is "fattar".
Similar to English "get". Its original meaning is "to grip",
(and it's still used in that meaning).

Daniel