"Min farbror åt med fienden."

Translation: My uncle ate with the enemy.

[Knoxienne]

Such a traitorous uncle! :)

[rachael.cr3]

Better than what I was imagining...I missed "med" and thought Uncle ate the enemy!

[dreforall]

I made the exact same mistake and went "what?!"

[ReddySrikar]

Wow! I did the same thing. With Duolingo I've come to expect funny sentences like these more oftenthan not.

[Yevlotta]

i was searching for this comment xD

[FairFolk]

Would be less traitorous though.

[TheresaStr17]

Glad Im not the only one!

[ViolentRed]

Hope it was really tasty!

[Tan00]

I keep wondering who this mysterious enemy is...

[Zmrzlina]

Well, from a Swedish history perspective, the Danes are the safest bet.

[LetaEfterSverige]

Is there a more specific background to this sentence? (Like, is it from a tale or referring specific historical events?)

[devalanteriel]

No, nothing like that. It's just a random sentence.

[Jeroen44]

It made me think of the Germans and the Russians ceasing fire for one day on Christmas day in Stalingrad in WWII and 'celebrating' it together. The next day they resumed shooting at each other.

[Earthwiz]

Or the Russians in more recent (1800s) times,

[L.Radiata]

Socker. Socker är fienden.

[km1]

Min farbror är spion. Berätta inte!

[Thorfinn1960]

Characteristically off-the-wall DuoLingo sentence. Love it!

[HerMyKneeGinger]

Perhaps he ate ants and his parents didn't like it.

[SteliosD9]

Is this sentence a Swedish saying ??

[devalanteriel]

No. :)

[SteveTrusl]

Tired and sleepy me wrote 'My uncle ate my enemy'. That's the sort of family loyalty I aspire to!

[DennisShil3]

Was it any speshol vikings' practice?