Topic: Danish

"Vores søn er blandt dem."

Translation:Our son is among them.

October 2, 2014

17 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/JamesTWils
  • 1430

How does "blandt" differ from "iblandt"?

October 2, 2014
https://www.duolingo.com/friswing
  • 1886

Does anyone know if 'iblandt' is always 'among' or can it also be 'sometimes' ??

October 20, 2014
https://www.duolingo.com/Hedebygade

    It can mean 'sometimes' but we rarely use it in this way.

    March 1, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/friswing
    • 1886

    Okey, thank you! In Swedish it means both among and sometimes, so then it is a tricky 'false friend'

    March 1, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/zlreitz
      https://www.duolingo.com/DRaupe

        or maybe to put it different: Is there certain situations when to use blandt and when to use iblandt`?

        May 10, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/Cenlei

          I think iblandt is amongst and blandt is among

          November 18, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/friswing
          • 1886

          So, both are prepositions, what do you feel is the differens?

          November 18, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/Isaac_Luna_
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          • 654

          Did you know where English gets the word "blend" from? That's right; we get it from the Old Norse "blanda", meaning "to mix".

          April 4, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/MissVivienne

            I can't hear the "dem" part

            April 23, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/PeterStockwell
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            • 28

            Me either, but it appears to be said as 'm in this example.

            July 21, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/kiwitini

              Yes, I'd be interested to know whether that's a mistake, or how "dem" is actually pronounced in this context.

              February 9, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/BrunnoHC

                (James T. Wilson) "iblandt" = "I" ("in") + "Blandt" ("among"). Does it mean something? I hope it helped you...

                September 11, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/tidyas
                • 777

                Can you translate "blandt" as "between" in this case (you know, between means something is framed by just two other things, while among means it is surrounded by more things) ?

                August 2, 2018
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