"Han har valgt å bo på landet."

Translation:He has chosen to live in the countryside.

November 27, 2015

12 Comments

How would you translate the english phrase "live on the land," as in, to go off the grid and hold a self-sustaining farm or hunter-gatherer sort of situation?

September 20, 2016

lingokvinne

I don't know the answer to your question, but I would refer to that type of scenario as "living OFF the land".

December 15, 2016

Andy585

Is landet really refering to a country or rather to a rural area?

November 27, 2015

fveldig

Mod

In this case a rural area. Had it been a country it would've been "Han har valgt å bo i det landet" = "He has chosen to live in that country".

November 27, 2015

fehrerdef

can the phrase also mean that he chose to settle on fixed ground (as compared to continue his life on ships on the sea)?

September 5, 2017

fveldig

Mod

That would be "Han har valgt å bo på land." :)

September 5, 2017

fehrerdef

thanks

September 5, 2017

AnaSrsh

However it accepted "in the country"... but I suppose it is referring to countryside.

January 15, 2017

YakuulPlus

Which we can also say in English, it's just not a very common way of expressing it these days.

July 13, 2017

Justin86301

1103

It depends on where you live. It is still common here in central Pennsylvania

July 14, 2017

YakuulPlus

Oh cool! I felt like I was doubting myself, cuz it I immediately thought it made sense but then saw the comments. I'm from Oakland, CA, and I feel like I would say "he lives out in the country" and 0 people would get confused.

July 14, 2017

m.g.doyle

Most common way to say it in the Midwest as well.

January 1, 2019