"Älgen äter ett äpple till."
Translation:The moose eats another apple.
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Yes, exactly. It’s a particular meaning of the word ”till”. Think of it as you add something TO what already was there. An audience often shouts ”en gång till!” (one more time).
It can be, just as you can stress ”another” in the English translation, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be.
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Sorry for going off topic, but could that meaning of till be somehow connected with the expression "lycka till"?
No, in that expression it just means ”to”. I can imagine that ”lycka till” was originally short for ”lycka till dig” (luck to you) or similar, though I’m not sure.
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Actually, when I think better about it, it sounds very logical. :) Thank you.
Is there any difference between "till" at the end of sentence and "en annan"? Would "Älgen äter en annan äpple" mean the same?
I believed 'ett äpple till' means another (extra) apple while 'ett annat äpple' means another (different) apple.
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Is that possible: jag äter ett (1) äpplet till? Like the other apple
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If you want to say "I eat another apple (instead of the first one)", you say "Jag äter ett annat äpple". Or for determined "I eat the other apple", "Jag äter det andra äpplet"
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That would imply that rhe moose eats the apple as well as someone else.
"The moose eats an apple again" might be more accurate, but still doesn't mean quite the same thing as "the moose eats another apple".
Try saying that 5 times fast!
(Surely, this is some kind of Swedish tongue twister.)
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why do we keep getting the English translation of Moose is the only answer? The correct word is Elk!