"Ens bil er ens egen."
Translation:One's car is one's own.
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Egen is not pronounced correctly. Google Translate does it as it should. https://translate.google.dk/?hl=datab=wT#da/en/egen
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It is infuriating that the problem is still unsolved after 2 years. (Of course I have already reported it.)
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It is pronounced correctly in a different activity, so it's strange that it isn't for this one. Thanks for clearing up my confusion!
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Hope you reported it. It is at least pronounced correctly if you mouse over the individual word.
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It's an old fashioned British English expression. I.e. the car belongs to me only
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Given the Danish version, would it be wrong to translate it back as "One's car is their own"? I'm not a native English speaker, but "One's car is one's own" sounds a bit weird to me, and strictly speaking it doesn't necessarily mean that the two "one"s are the same...
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Thank you for asking. I have no idea what "One's car is one's own" is supposed to mean. Maybe someone can tell us?
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I am not a language person by trade, but I am a dane. I would say that it definitely is not an idiom, but rather inappropriate sentence for learning a language I think. That sentence is quite quirky, even in both languages in question, and might only lead to unnecessary confusion.
I guess the author thinks that a sentence with the danish word "ens" should be used in a context where it does not mean equal.
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No Dane would ever use such a sentence. And I doubt any English speakers would use it either!
