"Vi läser."

Translation: We read.

[jackmchugh12]

funny i always mix up 'vi' and 'ni' because in esperanto their meaning are switched! this will cause some learners of both languages (me too!) many frustrations when on the last question no hearts and you think in the other language and get the pronoun wrong :D

[drakovyrn]

I am just coming from the Esperanto course and now i want to learn Swedish, and it really does take a second to remeber. XD

[deactivated user]

It's a real shame about the automated pronunciation. It is SO important in Swedish to get the emphasis on a word right. You have to say, for example, "en FLIcka" and not "en fliCKA"
Unfortunately the automated pronunciation is just a little off a lot of the time. :-(

[OwainLlyfr]

Sometimes more than just "a little" off... :-)

[prinsessa1212]

The intonation of the word läser is wrong in this case!

[earthkissed]

this is going to confuse me so much because in french the N and V words for we and you are the other way around D:

[HoroTanuki]

My native language is Croatian and "vi" means "you" XD

[jackmchugh12]

like esperanto haha

[Dusty_G]

In Danish Vi is we and Du is you.

[theredcebuano]

also in Norwegian. That's because they're Norse languages

[jacksonwho]

And french lol

[damonstits]

The Swedish pronunciation of some things are so different from the pronunciation of its German close counterpart that sometimes I get a little bit confused on how to pronounce either

[LorenzoCos20]

Is there any difference between translating this as "we read" and "we are reading"? because both are accepted but I would like to know if this is because swedish has no present continous or what. Thank you a lot.

[OwainLlyfr]

"We read" and "we are reading" would both be "vi läser" in Swedish. There's only one version of the present tense.

[RaymondElFuego]

You could argue that "we are reading" really should be translated as "vi håller på att läsa", roughly being equal to "vi are in the middle of reading".

[apmail]

This sounds like Ni to me, not Vi. Is the V pronounced like an N?

[devalanteriel]

No, it is not.

[celebrim]

Pronunciation of "vi" is not clear

[RoseRialRosall]

Is it we read or we are reading

[Alexandre146678]

Vi läser= We are reading or We read

[mesvensson]

Either. There is only one present tense in Swedish.

[VarHyid]

And yet only one is accepted. I just entered "we're reading" and it marked it as wrong saying that "we read" is the correct answer. I reported it.

[Super-Svensk]

I've just checked, and both are accepted answers. Could be a bug?

[VarHyid]

Sorry, my bad. I think the bug is the one sitting in front of the keyboard - it was a "type what you hear" exercise, I was supposed to enter "Vi läser" in Swedish, not try to translate it ;)

[Super-Svensk]

Got it. It happens to the best of us :)

[JoziahRobe1]

I put "Ni läser" but I still got it right. Think it should be fixed

[Super-Svensk]

I think it's because ni and vi are only one letter apart, so the system thinks it's a typo. The team has no control over typo management unfortunately, but it's a good thing to be aware of. Thanks for bringing it up!

[Shreyas252313]

how to differentiate between 'We read' and 'We are reading' ?

[devalanteriel]

Swedish doesn't make a difference, so the same phrase translates to both.

[HarounBedd]

Why not "we are reading" ?

[devalanteriel]

Swedish doesn't make a difference, so the same phrase translates to both.