"Ankan simmar till flickan."
Translation:The duck swims to the girl.
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I thougt "towards" was a better translation for this particular sentence...Am I wrong ?
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I thought "mot" is "against", am I wrong? (I also put "towards"...)
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mot is both against and towards, but till in a directional sense is to.
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Then would it also be correct to translate this as: 'The duck swims up to the girl'? 'Up to' would convey the idea that the duck keeps swimming until it reaches the girl. (As opposed to 'towards' - 'mot', if I'm understanding this correctly)
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Så, jag sager "Alla mot Alla".
Tänker du första, All against all, eller, all towards all?
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Obviously against, since that's the most likely context.
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No, they flyter = 'float' and seglar = 'sail' or åker 'go'.
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Forvo has "till" sounding more phonetic according to English: teel. Is this more accurate than the TTS, or does it sort of vary? (I know the TTS can be terrible with pronunciation, but Forvo is also user-generated.)
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I think they both sound good, it's a short /i/ and a long /l/.
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Could this also mean "The duck swims into the girl", like the duck collides into her?
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No, but you could say that with på as a particle (stressed). You can use this with most words of movement: köra på 'drive into', 'hit' (with your car) cykla på 'drive into someone/thing while riding a bike', segla på 'hit someone/thing by sailing' etc etc.
'I ran into him' would be Jag sprang på honom – remember to stress 'på' to make it a particle, as a preposition the meaning will be very different.
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Hi, if I understood correctly på is used to express a contact and also some kind of a blow, I mean some kind of violence in the contact; while till is used to express the complete movement from point A to B but without a contact, am I right? Or it could exist a contact but without any kind of violence in it? Thanks.
