"En kopp socker"

Translation: A cup of sugar

[Zinthak]

I gotta add something...this is MUCH easier than Danish lol

[Isaac_Luna_]

I beg to differ.

[lupemercedes]

So far!!!

[rainbowchecker]

If I want to say 'A spoon of sugar', will it be 'En sked socker'?

[slayetan]

Yup.

[Cayne]

As someone speaking english most of the time, what is it you hear first here...

[Gexish]

Tusen tack, dude. I was starting to think I was the only one haha :D

[KeatonPotatoed]

I definitely hear en male chicken sucker

[Cayne]

Spot on

[VicaKatona]

Same... not even an English native

[OrlandoCoo4]

I'm not the only person with that mind (;

[DehPuh]

how am i supposed to now there needs to be a preposition?

[Lundgren8]

When you talk about amounts, English uses a preposition ”a glass OF water”, ”a cup OF sugar”, but Swedish doesn’t, so it’s ”ett glas vatten” and ”en kopp socker”.

[xemus83]

Similar to German in that sense as well

[Rebecca942716]

But you CAN say "en kopp med socker" if you want to. That is literally "a cup with sugar". It's not wrong to say that.

[DarcX]

In lieu of Lundgren's response, it is the same way in German. English just needs a preposition here, like other Romance languages would.

[Yerrick]

Yep. I like to think of English as Germanic words with Romantic grammar... not totally accurate but it's certainly an interesting mix.

[PatruAloeil]

Actually, its more like German, Dutch, and French words mixed in as French and the Netherlands were so close to England and highly influenced the language in the early modern age.

[lostdrewid]

Now, is "cup" in this case also a measurement? I don't imagine the Swedish language bothers to have a separate word for a measurement it doesn't use.

[My-a]

Yes, it can be used as both. Same thing in Finnish, Norwegian etc.. If you wanna use european measurements you can say for example en deciliter socker.

[lostdrewid]

Tack!

[rainbowseed]

Could this also be translated as "One cup of sugar" ?

[Gexish]

I don't think it sounds as natural as "A cup of sugar," but it doesn't seem wrong either. Probably, yes.

[NachiketLo]

One cup sugar is a correct translation

[KrajjiDani]

Just a cup full of sugar makes the medicine go down

[devalanteriel]

It's a "spoonful", how much do you need to take your medicine? :p

The original Swedish translation said med lite socker i botten - "with some sugar at the bottom [of the cup]", but a more recent translation is more faithful to the original.

[Richy360416]

It doesnt even have the word "of" though? Im confused

[devalanteriel]

Nope, Swedish doesn't use "of" in that way.

[MaximilianoVidal]

Why not "A sugar cup"

[devalanteriel]

That's not the idiomatic English expression.

[Sergie547720]

Because a "sugar cup" means a cup literally made of sugar

[MinceraftGamer]

Suget... Stupid typo...

[dantegiova]

I like the idea of not using the "of". Confusing and easy at the same time. En kafe kopp would be the same?