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It‘s not from modern German; it’s a parallel formation that developed in both languages.
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Ah, you’re absolutely right — I checked too hurriedly the other day, and misread the etymology. SAOB lists it as a borrowing from Middle Low German, which in turn comes from Old Saxon. So not a parallel formation at all, as you say.
Even the norwegian course girl disowned that glove. Let's try with the danish one...
what about "this is not my glove", is it necessarily "that"? thank you.
"This is not my glove" would be more accurately translated into "Det här är inte min handske"
"This" implies the presence of the object you're talking about. "It" just implies you are talking about the object.
Why is "mitten" in this sentence not correct? I translated just from the sound and in German both glove and mitten are "Handschuh"
Mittens are gloves that have two sections: one for the thumb and one for the other four fingers. A mitten translates to 'en vante', the plural form is 'vantar'.
Min and mitt both mean 'my'. Min is used before en-words and mitt is used before ett-words. Mig is an object pronoun, like 'me' in English.
Mig is pronounced more like "may" in English and is informally often written mej.
Really why not "Den är inte mitt handske" ? This is my question too !
Isn't 'det' for when 'it' is the subject, and 'den' object? Since 'det' serves as the subject of this sentence, it is used instead of 'den'. But this is just my guess, I am by NO means an authority on this.
Just out of curiosity, why is it "det" and not "den" since handske is an "en" word?
Because det is separate from handske in this sentence.
Det är inte min handske.
That is not my glove.
Jag äger inte den handsken.
I do not own that glove.
In linguistics terminology, det is a pronoun in the first sentence and an adjective in the second.
It's an article in the second sentence, not an adjective. The reason is that Swedish defaults to det as the general it, as a placeholder subject before the real subject is introduced.
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Normally sk before hard vowel, sch before soft vowel. But there are exceptions, mainly in rather new words. “Skippa” (“skip”) is a recently borrowed word and pronounced with sk.
it told me previously hanskar was gloves. if handskar=gloves and handske=gloves then shouldn't handskar=handske???
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Can i also say "det är ingen min handske"? (negating the noun "handske" instead of the verb "är")
No, Swedish doesn't make a difference between "my" and "mine". The different forms correspond to the gender and number of the noun:
- min for singular en-words
- mitt for singular ett-words
- mina for plurals
So it's the same basic pattern as all over Swedish. :)
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Who else can spot the difference between handske and handskar, when you are listening to something, pronounced in this instance, exactly the same.
If you have trouble hearing the difference, listen for min instead - because it's mina in the plural. :)
Why det är inte min handske? Doesn't inte always come later? Or can it be written both ways?
I'm confused, according to the 'DL' dictionary Handske is an ett word..? Which is correct, ett or en?
if you type "en handske" into the translation box on the website, it says "There doesn't appear to be a translation for "en handske" in either of the selected languages. Try another search?" When I try Ett handske it's happy to give me the translation of a glove?
If you search for ett handske, you get two results back: ett and handske - but they're not related. I don't know why it doesn't do the same for en handske. The system doesn't know the gender of the word, though.
Okay thanks, I thought it was translating the 2-word sentence! I just tried with "Det är inte min handske." And as you say it performs a word by word translation. I'll purge my brain (and notes) of 'ett handske'!
Yeah, I can totally understand that. I might have done the same myself in your shoes!
