"Bruger du timen på at skrive breve?"

Translation: Are you spending the class on writing letters?

[dharvel74]

Is it not correct to also say "Are you spending the class writing letters?"

[dnldly]

Why not spending the hour?

[deactivated user]

I think spending/ using the hour would be correct solutions here, too, since "time" means hour as well as class and both versions make sense. Just reported it.

[johnf265788]

I agree sounds contrived in English.

[ycUvuSap]

What would be a better English sentence, here?

[DatBoi188652]

So does "timen" always mean "class"?

[ycUvuSap]

No, it can mean "the hour" or "the class", at least. See the ordbog for other uses: https://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=time

[Rich524475]

Timen can mean the hour or the lesson or the class but is normally associated with time. How can we understand "class" is in tended with out more content in the sentence?

[WernerRetief]

The correct solutions sound forced to me

[Karl1217]

spend something in doing something or spend something on something should be the correct grammar in English, I personally remember it should be this, instead of the answer indicates spending hour on writing the letter

[ozwordnerd]

This sequence of words (in English) sounds very clumsy. "Are you using the class/hour to write letters?" would be better. So skip the preposition "on".

[Sawteeth]

A better English sentence here would be,"are you spending the class time on writing letters?"