"Kocken dricker kaffe."

Translation: The cook is drinking coffee.

[Herolind.R]

That's a lazy cook.

[canamutoni]

Get back to work cook! lol :-P

[ValaCZE]

Is Kocken used for woman or man or both?

[mannekaeng]

Both! Job titles are usually the same for all genders.

[ValaCZE]

thanks for answer

[BPOMowe]

Warning for BAD pronunciation of the word "kocken". What she says is "kåken", which translates into "the shack".

[mokane3562]

"Kocken dricker kaffe" translates to both "the cook is drinking coffee" and "the cook drinks coffee" right? However those two english sentences don't necessarily mean the same thing. How would the two meanings be differentiated in swedish?

[theredcebuano]

Through context. Most languages are like that. Heck, some languages, like Japanese and Tagalog, don't have the present, past or future tenses but what they call the "perfect" and "imperfect" tenses. Anyway, the two have close definitions and you'll usually be able to differentiate them through context.

[jamesjiao]

As it's discussed in pretty much every previous lesson, English is the one of the few Germanic languages that actually distinguish the two tenses, Icelandic being another one. Another Germanic language - Dutch, expresses the continuous aspect, not with a different tense but with different constructions such as using one of the 'posture verbs' - 'Ik lig te slapen' - I am sleeping or literally 'I lie (down) to sleep'.

[canamutoni]

Correct (mokane3562) and I find myself sort of asking the same question, because one sentence is the cook presently drinking coffe, and the other sentence is saying that the cook does drink coffee not saying that the cook is at the present, but just saying that he/she does.

[jamesjiao]

Context is the only answer, as per exhaustive explanation by theredcebuano and me. You will just have to change the way you think.

[Luqca]

Shouldn't the cook be making the coffee and serving it?

[canamutoni]

Lol

[DzheykobSwedish]

The word for Cook is Kock, correct?

[lingoingo]

Yes.

[DzheykobSwedish]

Tack

[bigswedeej]

Can kocken also be translated as the chef?

[Arnauti]

Yes.

[bigswedeej]

Tack

[ambl97]

To drink always seems to be "dricker" regarless of whether ir followes I/you/we/she/they etc. Don't vervs get conjugated in Swedish?

[Zmrzlina]

Exactly, Swedish verbs never (ever!) conjugate by person.

[GabrielDayot]

Is dricker pronounced as "driger"?

[sk8terk8]

It's pronounced more of "dreeker" You can hear native Swedish speakers say it here: http://www.forvo.com/word/dricker/#sv

[vsparrow4]

I'm pretty sure the computer pronounces "kocken" wrong, my family says it more like koocken

[devalanteriel]

No, I'm sorry. The TTS is correct on this one.

[TattooedMuggle]

Would "chef" also work here? Afraid to try lest I get it wrong lol. On the flashcards they're insistent ön ut being translated to "chef"

[devalanteriel]

"chef" is fine. :)