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- "Hon har på sig strumpor."
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Yes. Or you could even just say Hon har på sig strumporna and we would assume you meant her own.
207
So if you were to say she wasn't wearing socks, would you say "hon har inte på sig strumpor"?
357
Why is it structured this way for socks and other clothing items, when "she wears shoes" is "hon har skor på sig?"
I'm guessing you mean those that are similar to pantyhose (but don't join at the top). If so, they seem to just be referred to as 'strumpor' (same word as for socks) or 'långstrumpor' (long socks). Not sure how you would differentiate between those and normal socks though.
For the record: pantyhose are strumpbyxor.
One tip for figuring out the different clothing item names is to go to a clothes store website (2 big chains in Sweden are 'Kappahl .se' and 'Lindex .se') and wander round the departments. Then you get the Swedish word along with a picture to make it clear.
NB: To the moderators - if it's not okay to mention shop names, please let me know and I'll edit them out.
207
Not a native speaker, but the way I understand it, the full phrase "har på sig" means wearing because if you break it down har=have på=on and sig= theirself. So the full sentence is "She has on herself socks." She has the socks on her. Or she is wearing socks.
hon har på sig = she has on (her)self = she is wearing
han har på sig = he has on (him)self = he is wearing
Sven har på sig = Sven has on himself = Sven is wearing
du har på dig = you have on yourself = you are wearing
jag har på mig = I have on myself = I am wearing
"sig" is third person; "dig" is second person; "mig" is first person
Note that the mig/dig/sig reflexive pronoun must match the jag/du/hon (har, etc.) subject pronoun or noun.