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- "De tvättar sina byxor."
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De tvättar deras byxor would imply that the pants belong to a different group of people.
Yes, although we can also say trousers for men's dress pants or slacks for women's dress pants.
And then one could have as easily asked, why pants and not trousers? I don't know, but I do know that ''pants'' is synonymous with ''underpants'' in parts of the English-speaking world.
I know it's not quite right, but I keep wanting to translate byxor as 'boxers'!
Hm, it's interesting how Swedish people call boxers in Swedish… because I keep myself too.
It seems like "sina" is pronounced with a "sh" at the start... can anyone please explain?
This is because the preceding word ends in an -R, this leading to the RS combination sounding somewhat like an English SH.
Can you use tvättar for washing anything, also your hands or the car or is it only for laundry?
Is their a distinction between one pair of pants and multiple pairs of pants?
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Normally we use it like in English: ett par byxor = 'one pair of pants', byxor = pants. But it's also possible to say en byxa for 'a pair of pants'.
Swedish "boxer" reminds me of Ingemar Johansson (not sure of spelling) who was heavyweight champion of the world in i believe the 50's. He said that there was "toonder" in his right hand.
Spelling is correct. He was the world heavyweight champion between 1959 and 1960. My grandfather has told me about listening to the matches against Patterson on the radio. :)
Your grandfather and i listened to the same broadcast except i was in USA thank you for responding
Why isn't 'sina' his because i thought that 'sin ' was her so 'sina' was his
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No, sin/sitt/sina points back to the subject if the subject is he, she, it or they. It's sina because byxor are plural.
It depends on the word that comes after it. For eg : Hon älskar min hund /// hon älskar mina hundar
Sometimes pants is correct and sometimes pants is wrong for byxor. Weird.
byxor is often translated as "pants" throughout the course, as it is largely synonymous with "trousers" in American English (and many other variations of English). It does not mean "pants" in the sense of "underwear", like it does in British English.
That depends on what words you mean.
- byxor = trousers (UK) or pants (US)
- underkläder = underwear
- kalsonger = pants (the underwear kind)
- boxershorts or just boxers = you can probably guess :)
Yes and no. It's only used in the trousers sense, but trousers are called pants in American English. Undergarments have other words in Swedish.
We do. :) Your error report says "They was their pants", so you just had a typo.
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How do you pronounce tvätter? It is saying it to fast. Do you pronouce the V? tack så mycket
Yes, the word follows standard pronunciation rules. The final r may be dropped depending on the speaker, but all other letters are pronounced.
