"They eat turtles."

Translation: De äter sköldpaddor.

[PJAU86]

Do people eat turtles?

[juluisceaser]

no, maybe in some parts of the world not sure.
nej, vi äter inte skolpaddor

[ThomasRo2]

You wrote "No, we don't eat school toads" :-)

[thorr18]

Of course they do. It used to be found in cheap red white Campell's soup cans, as well as at fancy state dinners. What don't people eat?

[User_Grant]

We eat turtles all the time in Florida. Turtle soup is delicious. :P

[capshasma]

say sike right now

[Fer315923]

Same in Pennsylvania

[ElDwyer1]

I can understand the second half of skölpaddor, but the sköl part eludes me a bit.

[AndrewWalk342706]

Sköld means shield, padda means toad. Shield-toad.

[okiisarah]

Shield-toad. Haha

[ElDwyer1]

Thank you, but I meant the pronunciation. I think I might have it now, though.

[Melesteic]

Tack så mycket!

[Leah153118]

Well, this is a dark one

[MTAliz]

No! Don't eat them!

[IAGW96]

Why is it sköldpaddor, not sköldpaddorna?

[thorr18]

Sköldpaddorna would be "the turtles" instead of just "turtles". It's the definite plural and so refers to specific turtles that the speaker has in mind, rather than turtles in general.

[AldoAndrDa]

Such a strange sentence, though

[Vernon_Roche25]

Poor turtles