"You love your dogs."

Translation: Du älskar dina hundar.

[olimoth]

Why is it "dina" and not "din"?

[Zmrzlina]

Because hundar is plural. All plurals are dina.

[Super8Mario]

So we can translate this sentence to 4 swedish sentences? amazing :D

[David7697]

True.

Du älskar dina hundar.
Du älskar sina hundar.
Ni älskar era hundar.
Ni älskar sina hundar.

(Correct me if I'm wrong)

[jacobsonrl]

I used "Du älskar sina hundar" and it was incorrect.

[devalanteriel]

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. :)

[UrjaVashishth]

The use of sina, sin and sitt as compared to dina, din and ditt

[devalanteriel]

din / ditt / dina is for singular you.

sin / sitt / sina is for he / she / it / they.

[UrjaVashishth]

Can you please explain??

[devalanteriel]

Sure, what would you like explained?

[ShreeyaSharma]

Could anyone please clarify the difference between din/dina and er/ert/era? Both have been used for "Your.."

[Rafael824149]

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)

[reeyan]

So Ni is almost like saying Y'all?

[XxBigBrainTimexX]

Tack sa mycket

[Neco_Coneco]

I put Ni älskar dina hundar and it was marked correct. Is it normal? I think it should be marked wrong.

[Arnauti]

You're right, I'm fixing it. Thanks for letting us know!

[Neco_Coneco]

Glad to help. :)

[Octolingo.]

Why is that wrong? Sorry.

[devalanteriel]

ni means more than one person, but du means only one person. So it's not strictly wrong but it's very unfeasible, and accepting it would teach a lot of people the wrong idea.

[Rafael824149]

Why not "Ni älskar sina hundar"?

[jakemccann1]

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”.

[freymuth]

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?

[Arnauti]

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.

[freymuth]

Ah, thanks. Apparently, it's been too long since I've progressed in Swedish...

Can er be used for both direct and indirect objects?

[Arnauti]

Yes, both objects are the same.

[AlinGabriel667]

this has like 4 translation, just because English is ambiguous with "you" (du/ni & era/dina)
why, English :'(

[purplepurpur]

Shouldn't "Ni älskar era hundarna." be correct also? It does directly translate to 'You love your dogs."

[devalanteriel]

No, hundarna means "the dogs", not just "dogs".

[deactivated user]

what's the difference between era and dina?

[devalanteriel]

• dina means you (one person) has multiple of something
• era means you (more than one person) has multiple of something

[twinvenus]

I really don't understand the difference between "ni" and "du" for "you", can somebody explain this to me? Preferably with examples? :'-)

[devalanteriel]

• du means "you", when "you" is one person.
• ni means "you", when "you" is more than one person. Like the English "y'all".

[Julian_bush]

Again the use of formal you. Ni was judged incorrect???

[devalanteriel]

There is no formal you in Swedish - ni is the plural you. And it's accepted, but then you also have to use the plural you possessive: ni älskar era hundar.

[LeydaGonzl]

Thank u @devalenteriel this was super helpful