"Kyllingen elsker egget."
Translation:The chicken loves the egg.
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No:)
But strictly speaking; the chicken hatches from the egg. It's the hen that lay eggs. In Norwegian: Kyllingen klekker fra egget. Det er høna som legger egg.
Chicken in english is a general term for both hens and roosters, a hen is a chicken and a rooster is a chicken. Just like a woman is a human and a man is a human.
Probably the egg. A long time ago some creature must've had a weird mutant baby that ended up being a chicken.
The chicken of course. How would she be able to love the egg if the egg came first? There would be no love....
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Chickens do love eggs!
Once a hen has tasted fresh egg and found it to be “good food” she may start breaking eggs intentionally in order to eat them.
https://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/2015/07/08/why-do-chickens-eat-their-own-eggs/
I keep writing "The chicken and the egg" thanks to trying to speed through. I kind of wish the phrases wouldn't be near English idioms.
Technically, stative verbs like "love", "like", "want" etc. should not be used in continuous form, since they describe an ongoing state to begin with. However, this rule of thumb is becoming increasingly disregarded, so in the future "is loving" may possibly become standard.
What about "he left me wanting", "I am loving it" and "That is not to my liking"? I don't wanna be contrarian, rather I am just curious since this is new for me :)
