"I am drinking tea."

Translation: Jag dricker te.

[keithsoutham]

English is unusual is having a continuous form. "I drink tea" versus "I am drinking tea". In many other languages, e.g., French, German, Swedish, it's the same construction: "je bois le thé", "Ich trinke Tee", "jag dricker te". (Spanish, in contrast, works like English: "yo bebo té" versus "yo estoy bebiendo té".) So the translation here is correct. It could mean either. Swedish, unlike English, simply doesn't require making the difference between simple present ("I drink tea") and present continuous ("I am drinking tea").

[DehPuh]

it's a tense we haven't yet seen...

[calhob8]

"jag dricker te" can mean either "I drink tea" or "I am drinking tea." As far as I know, Swedes do not distinguish between the two...

[Plantersnigel]

True we don't

[reemt10]

Dricker? Not drycker?

[Adiel970659]

Whoo! Lovin' this language!

[Lizzy873567]

But but im not drinking tea ;^; ;_; och jag tycker om te...

[mokane3562]

I said "jag sitter och dricker te" which is a construct for continuity but it was marked wrong. Did I mess up the construct or is it something else?

[Plantersnigel]

Because that way always means you are sitting while performing the activity is not as broad as just saying "jag dricker te"

[YasanthaEl]

I am confused here.Is it Jag är dricker tea ?

[Plantersnigel]

No that would be the direct translation from English, but it's not correct in Swedish. It should be "Jag dricker te"