"Musen äter osten."

Translation: The mouse eats the cheese.

[ChadThunderbob]

Heh. Classic.

[chaered]

Very classic.

[sammyharxx]

Mice dont actually eat cheese though

[jacob738094]

They certainly do, even if there are foods that they prefer

[Mitchello9]

Mice don't eat cheese. QI said so.

[4oYBIxtO]

This mouse does. This is why it is so special that Duo wants to emphasize it.

[oana565230]

I was just wondering, is it always necessary to articulate the object? for example is it right to say: "Musen äter ost." or is it gramatically incorrect? even if it gives the sentence a slightly different meaning, as if you would like to tell which animal eats what food (mouse eats cheese, wolf eats meat and so on)

[Zmrzlina]

Unless translating certain idiomatic expressions, definites translate to definites, and indefinites to indefinites. While "Musen äter ost" is a grammatically correct sentence, it's not correct here.

[GailRapoza]

Again with "eats" vs. "is eating"!!!!!

[aorsak]

It may be classic, but it's not actually good for mice to eat cheese lol. More like, Musen äter inte osten.

[ColeJoyce4]

How would I know if it is "The mouse IS eating the cheese"?

[4oYBIxtO]

It could be

[SSlava1]

"Mouse" in Swedish sounds very Scottish to me, not?

[Earthwiz]

I am having trouble distinguishing the sound of ö from u. Is there any place where this is addressed? Tack.

[DominikLeh2]

Being german makes me confused here since the swedish word norden has a word in German thats spelled the same:norden meaning north(same in swedish) however the german osten means east while the swedish osten means the egg

Confusing

[4oYBIxtO]

Osten means the cheese. But Swedes mix it up with German ”Obst”.

[Sophie.Sjodin]

Nice don't eat cheese, because it isn't a natural food to them. However, they do eat rice, and grain based food.