"Hvem elsker dere?"

Translation: Who loves you?

[Little_Turtle7]

I feel like learning Norwegian on Duolingo is getting very depressing and philosophical.

[SanctMinimalicen]

Just you wait for the Feelings, Destiny and Philosophy sections.

[NikkieAugspurger]

no one.

[omayamango]

I'm sure that's not true

[AshrafAli663815]

maybe socrates

[daylight.robbery]

How then do you clarify between "who loves you (pl.)" and "who do you (pl.) love"..!?

[Luke_5.1991]

You could include "er det som" as a way to make it unambiguous.

• Hvem er det som elsker dere?
• Who loves you?

~ ~ ~

• Hvem er det som dere elsker?
• Who(m) do you love?

[fveldig]

The last would be "Hvem er det dere elsker?". 'som' should be omitted here.

In my dialect I would just say "Hvem dere elsker".

[Luqca]

I thought you loved me and every other learner here Duo...

[TammyBurke4]

Telly Savalas, anyone?

[Tom642395]

Hvem elsker deg, baby?

[CharlotteC0318]

Meg!

[MarianLank]

This reminds me of frozen "oh anna if only there was someone who loved you"

[Homer107763]

Why not "Who is loving you?" ...?

[Regney]

Some English verbs aren't generally used in their present continuous form because of the "immediateness" of that form. Like, love, hate and prefer are some examples.

[BonBonChat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MNLUpJDZk

[Slang67]

First thing I thought of! LOL

[mprdo]

This link is blocked for copyright reasons in the USA when tried 12May20.

[ErikEllefs]

https://youtu.be/m30JkIYL8to

[mprdo]

And this one is simply "not available" in USA also on 12May20.

[Slang67]

Try this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KtYgOM62fk

[Werner500]

What about "who do they love"? And shouldn't "who loves you" not be "hvem elsker deg"?

[Deliciae]

"Hvem elsker dere" = "Who do you (plural) love?" or "Who loves you (plural)?
"Hvem elsker deg" = "Who loves you (singular)?"
"Hvem elsker du?" = "Who do you (singular) love?"
"Hvem elsker de?" = "Who do they love?"

"Dere" is both the subject and object form of the plural "you". "Deg" is the object form of the singular "you". "De" translates to "they".

[Paul513666]

Doesn't ''du'' mean ''you'' as well? So why am I supposed to use ''dere'' here?

[Regney]

In this sentence, "you," is an object pronoun, so you have to use "deg" rather than "du." "Du" is a subject pronoun, whereas "deg" is an object pronoun. They work the same way as "I" and "me" in English. E.g., "Who loves me," rather than, "Who loves I?"

[mara974896]

no one

[nfxa113]

Should be "Hvem elsker du, baby?"