"Mamma står och sjunger framför tv:n."

Translation: Mom is singing in front of the TV.

[Margaret758900]

So maybe it's academic but most people sit in front of the TV (and no doubt some sing while sitting). So if i see "står och sjunger" i would be likely to translate it "stands and sings" or "is standing and singing." But it seems that both are wrong. What am i not getting? Do swedes "stand" ("står") in front of the TV even if they are sitting? Why would one simply ignore "står" in this case?

[HenkSpaan2]

I'd say using 'and' in English is superficial and superfluous, though it isn't in Swedish.

What's that noise? .. oh, it's just mom who stands singing in front of the television.

'Stands singing' sounds like the perfect translation to me, but is not accepted.

[MikeGreen956822]

Why isn't "mom is in front of the tv singing" not right?

[ValtteriBe]

Could you just say "Mamma sjunger framför tv:n" or do you always have to add that "står och" or something similar?

[IanCaliban]

This has an idiomatic equivalent in British English that isn't accepted here:

Mum is stood singing in front of the TV.

[RoddersOX7]

telly

[Vaskebjoern]

Not 'Mom is in front of the tv singing?'

[GraceEnglund]

mama....

[S.1791]

Silly that 'mummy' isn't accepted as mom.....

[Titi-ATN]

Nor mommy

[ClaireWilk12]

Why Mom. It could be Mum

[Aqe_baqe]

Why is there an 'a' in front of standing?

[abdulaziz.91]

Mom is standing and singing : is this correct ??

[Ninquelote]

Yes, it is. It is accepted, too :)

[Jeanbean425734]

What is the set phrase in this sentence? (I assume there is one, since the translation ignores "står och.")

[Jeanbean425734]

If it's "står och," what does that mean? Does it imply doing something for a long stretch of time? I'm confused. How does one use this set phrase?

[Steg0010]

Is "mam" accepted for mother? That's what people say where I'm from (Northern England).

[oostrlng]

Mom stands and sings in front of the TV ??

[devalanteriel]

No, this construction in Swedish is always in the continuous.

[oostrlng]

Ah, now I understand the continues part of this exercise. Tack.

[maudape]

Why "teven" for "TV:n" is not accepted?

[devalanteriel]

"Type what you hear" exercises have a bug where only one translation can be accepted. I'm told this has been fixed, so in future trees, we'll be able to add more. :)

[KittyKing3]

Why is "Mom sings in front of the tv" wrong, but "Mom is singing in front of the tv" is correct? I checked that I did not make a typo.

[devalanteriel]

The point of this construction in Swedish is to express something happening in a continuous way, since Swedish lacks a proper continuous. So it can only really be translated into a continuous in English.

[vpawid]

Why was this not accepted? "Mamma står och sjunger framför teven."?

[devalanteriel]

"Type what you hear" exercises have a bug where only one correct answer can be accepted. It's very annoying.