"There is still hope!"
Translation:Än finns det hopp!
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The suggested translations were Än finns det hopp and Det finns ännu hopp. I entered Det finns än hopp. Why is the first suggested response right and mine wrong? Tack!
Both ännu and fortfarande can go before 'hopp', but än can't, it can only go first or last. I can't really explain why.
Nothing wrong, although "än finns det hopp" is sort of a fixed expression.
I think that would be "There is hope left" instead of "There is still hope" Please correct me if I'm wrong :D
As with many sentences on Duolingo, you do not literally translate this. This example is "Yet there is hope!", which does still have the same meaning but just like with "Greklands flagga" you translate to "The flag of Greece" instead of "Greece's flag" they do another one so that you have to think on your feet, as the saying goes. "Det finns fortfarande hopp!" is also accepted which is more literal. Just in case someone in the future finds this helpful :)
My "Det finns fortfarande hopp" was accepted, so I guess it's because of the word order.
Is there something wrong with "det finns ändå hopp"? I know it's meaning is slightly different, but it can still be translated as "there is still hope", right?
Yes, that's also correct. still is ambiguous in English here, it can mean still as in the time sense, and still as in 'in spite of something'.
