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- "We pass by their restaurant."
"We pass by their restaurant."
Translation:Vi passerar deras restaurang.
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Hm, not really. It is already implied with the verb passera and sounds very unnatural.
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Because the subject is 'we', so We are passing some other people's restaurant (their = deras). "Sina" would be used only when the Subject (They) are passing their own restaurants (plural). Or what sounds more natural: Hon passerar sin restaurang (or) Han passserar sin restaurang.
What if i was in a van with my husband and my two friends who own a restaurant.... And as we drove by, i said to my husband, "we (everyone in the car including owners and non owners) are passing their restaurant"
- 2365
Yes, talking to my husband: Vi passerar deras restaurang. Talking to the friends in the car: Vi passerar er restaruang.
How do you pronounce the 'au' in this word? I can't quite hear it properly- is it like 'au' in German?
I thought nouns take the definite form after possessives? Why not here? Thank you
Other way around - nouns take indefinite forms after possessives. Just like how you don't say "their the restaurant" in English.
Thank you! I got confused with adjectives, I think. Adjectives take the definite form if they're after a possessive, right? So we would have possessive - definite adj. - indefinite noun -> is this correct?
We pass their dinner, we pass their resturant, we pass their breakfast. ^-^
So, åker förbi och passerar are essentially the same? Åker forbi was accepted. Is either one more common?
åker förbi means you're travelling by vehicle, but passerar means you're passing by any means.
åker förbi is probably more common, though both are fine. Please note that's just a guess, though.
