"Den är borta!"

Translation: It is gone!

[JimNolt]

Det regnar = It is raining. Why "den," not "det" in this sentence?

[Arnauti]

In this case den is not a formal subject, but a real pronoun referring to some object. With no context, we don't know what gender it is, so both work here.

[MesutS1]

So "det är borta" would be perfectly fine too?

[Arnauti]

Sorry for late answer, but yes, definitely.

[Clovisnox]

So bort (away) and borta (gone) are two distinct adverbs?

[Hrafnunga]

Yes, borta refers to things that are gone, lost, away, whereas bort is a more general adverb meaning away. The distinction goes back to Old Norse burt and burtu, interestingly.

[Clovisnox]

Tack !

[mrxanadu]

Och... den är borta!
http://www.retecool.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/poofanditsgone.jpg

[Laski-Julle]

Why not "That is gone!"

[RobertChur]

"That" generally refers to something that is present, so "that is gone" sounds a bit like a contradiction.

[PLLumsdaine]

“That” in English can also refer back to a previous referent. “I don’t like this bike; can I have the one I used yesterday?” “No, that’s gone today.”

[DehPuh]

in which way is borta an adverb?

[Lundgren8]

Because it answers to the question ”where”, then it’s an ”adverb of place”.

[DavidCarls11]

Why doesn't "it is away" work?

[Hrafnunga]

I guess because you wouldn't really say that in English, at least not with the same meaning as "it's gone."

[segonpin]

could it be "It is over"? I tried and it was wrong...

[Hrafnunga]

I think not. That would be det är över.

[AlanMonteros]

If pimsleur hasn't lied to me, där borta means "over there" right ?

[Hrafnunga]

This is the first time in a while I couldn't hear the r at all. I know it's different in Swedish but this seems completely like "bota" or "botta" to me. Thankfully, it accepted my answer as a typo, but it really doesn't sound quite right.

[Arnauti]

borta actually sounds pretty good here. The present TTS isn't that good with r sounds generally, but here I think it sounds very natural. Compare with native speakers here: http://sv.forvo.com/search-sv/borta/

In Standard Swedish and most dialects, R melts together with consonants D, T, N, L and S to form what is sometimes called retroflex consonants (aka supradentals or postalveolars).

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex_konsonant
English Wikipedia has good articles on those, follow the links from the table here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex_consonant#Transcription

This one is about RT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_retroflex_stop

[Hrafnunga]

Interesting, thanks for the links and explanation.

[mutterholle]

If "gone" is not an adv. in English, I think "bort" more like "weg" in German in its meaning. Den är borta = Es ist weg. In this German case it should also be an adv.

[Trilby16]

I thought it was "They are gone." Because de, den-- pronounced the same? And borta-- plural? Nej?

[Kim197311]

Can borta mean gone in the sense of "all gone" as well as "gone away"?

[PySLkuIz]

Can we also use this sentence for something that are in a condition can not be used anymore? For example for a broken pen or for food which is gone bad?

[CedSgm7N]

Does this mean that the cat has died? Or does is literally mean that you just no longer have the cat?