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"The man shops for food."
Translation:Manden køber ind.
September 29, 2014
17 Comments
LucBE
2064
Je croix qu'en francais on dit 'faire les courses'. C'est difficile de traduire une expression fixee comme ca.
In German you can also say 'Der Mann kauft ein', but it could mean to buy anything. And when I talked with Danish friends, 'at købe ind' was never just limited to food and wasn't understood as that. I think 'The man goes shopping' would be a more proper equivalent of the Danish 'Manden køber ind'.
I think several possibilities should be considered here.
LucBE
2064
No, as mentioned before a better english translation might be "The man shops for groceries" (which, if I'm not mistaken, includes food). The main thing is to get the meaning of doing the daily shopping translated into English.