"I sing while I cook."

Translation: Jag sjunger medan jag lagar mat.

[Brijsven]

Is it essential to use "mat" following "lagar" when referring to the act of cooking? As opposed to simply using "lagar".

[calhob8]

Yes, you have to. Att laga means to fix and has to be followed with what you are fixing/making.

[Brijsven]

Tack :)

[lord_zulo]

Only time you use 'laga' alone is when you are fixing or reparing something. But even then it is common to add what you are repairing.

Examples:

"Min bil är trasig, kan du laga den?"

"kan du laga bilen?"

[pablopublico]

Cool avatar.

[Grodan45]

"Jag sjunger när jag lagar mat". As a native, it is more common than "medan"!!!!!!!°

[dawid.paszko]

Why "när" is incorrect? "Jag sjunger när jag lagar mat"

[Arnauti]

när means when, but the English sentence says while, and that is medan.

[Chris.rapson]

Do i need the second "jag", or could it be implied?

[Arnauti]

It's necessary, just like it is in English with cook. I mean, you can skip it if you say I sing while cooking, but you can't say I sing while cook.

[paulthompson3]

jag sjunger medan jag duscha

[JoakimEk]

Almost, you need an R for present tense "Jag sjunger medan jag duschar". (However, as an expression, the more common way to say it is "Jag sjunger i duschen" - "I sing in the shower")

[ZagaDiGala]

Isn't verb in the predikat to be after the ver when there is a tidsadverbial? "Jag sjunger medan laggar mat jag" or "Jag sjunger medan laggar jag mat" or "Jag sjunger medan jag laggar mat" which is the correct?

[TheWhiteWalker]

att skriva 'koka' istället för att skriva 'lagar mat'

[Lundgren8]

Koka means ”to boil” where as ”laga mat” is to cook.

[eXPiT]

Shouldn't "Jag sjunger under det att jag lagar mat" be accepted aswell?
Or there is different meaning between under tiden and under det att?

They both means podczas in polish (according to my swedish grammar book).

[Arnauti]

under det att is very very formal in Swedish, I don't think I've ever used it in speech. It's suitable for bureaucratic texts or similar, not for cooking and singing.
under tiden is not such a great translation here either, what we really want is medan which is the most natural way of saying this in Swedish.

[LynnseyK]

Should this be "Jag sjunger medans jag lagar mat."? It said it was wrong adding the s, but my native swedish boyfriend said it was correct.

[Zmrzlina]

It's colloquial and spoken to use medans instead of medan. In written Swedish, stick to medan.

[Kreilyn]

Why not stund instead?

[Arnauti]

Late answer, but en stund is 'a while' as in 'a short while' as in '5 minutes or so', it's a noun, not a conjunction.

[JohnHoward92]

Is this translation implying that i am cooking mat?

[Chris584053]

Could I use därför att for while

[degrasseme]

"Därför att" means "because", not while.

[Tanfur]

How "fix food" and it's not cooking (e.g. a salad) and not be possibly misunderstood as cooking?