Topic: Swedish

"De lever i arton år."

Translation:They live for eighteen years.

December 7, 2014

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Ethanxman

    Is there a difference between lever and bor?

    December 7, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/Arnauti
    • 885

    Roughly, lever means is alive, bor means resides.

    December 7, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/Ethanxman

      Oh, ok. Thanks.

      December 7, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/Zzzzz...
      • 65

      I thought 'eighteen' is aderton.

      December 29, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/Arnauti
      • 885

      Aderton is an old form of this word, now only used in one context: De aderton means the 18 members of the Swedish Academy.

      December 29, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/photodiarist

        So would this be a reference to a species with an expected lifespan? Or should this somehow refer to humans?

        July 1, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/Anrui
        Mod

          I would guess that it is about some sort of plant or animal.

          July 1, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/rami59

            Why is för not used here? Since when does i mean for? Tack

            March 9, 2019
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