"You love your dogs."
Translation:Du älskar dina hundar.
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True.
Du älskar dina hundar. Du älskar sina hundar. Ni älskar era hundar. Ni älskar sina hundar.
(Correct me if I'm wrong)
David is, unfortunately wrong.
sina reflects back to his/her/their, so you can't use it with du - nor with ni. But back when Super8Mario wrote their question, the sentence had been incorrectly entered into the admin interface. :)
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I put Ni älskar dina hundar and it was marked correct. Is it normal? I think it should be marked wrong.
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You're right, I'm fixing it. Thanks for letting us know!
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I think sin/sitt/sina only replace hans/hennes/dess/deras not er/ert/era. You can't say "Ni älskar sina hundar", but you could say "Hans älskar sina hundar."
From the Notes - This reflexive possessive pronoun also has three forms – and I daresay you may guess what they look like (and why)! They replace “hans”, “hennes” “dess” and “deras” if the subject is the “owner”.
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Could anyone please clarify the difference between din/dina and er/ert/era? Both have been used for "Your.."
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That's because in/dina are used as "your" in singular and er/ert/era in plural:
Du älskar dina hundar = You love your dogs (When talking directly to one person) Ni älskar era hundar = You love your dogs (When talking directly to multiple persons)
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I wrote "Er älskar era hundar" and was marked wrong. I've reported it, since I'm pretty sure er/era is as correct as du/dina, but can someone explain my mistake, if I'm wrong?
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er is the object form of ni, so it would have to be Ni älskar era hundar.
If you think of how we and us work in English, you'll see it easily.
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Ah, thanks. Apparently, it's been too long since I've progressed in Swedish...
Can er be used for both direct and indirect objects?
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Shouldn't "Ni älskar era hundarna." be correct also? It does directly translate to 'You love your dogs."