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- "Vart springer katten?"
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So would 'var springer katten?' mean where does the cat run (ie without the to), making it location rather than direction?
R will affect an entire cluster of consonants of S, N, T and D. This is why the S is also /ɕ/ here.
In the place name Hornstull, for example, the middle cluster of consonants are all made retroflex by the R-sound.
Maybe the officially correct translation should not end the question on a preposition? "Where does the cat run to?" is colloquially correct, but would it not be more in line with the literary-language to say "To where does the cat run?"
"Where does the cat run?" and "Where does the cat run to?" were both accepted translations when I tried them but it's more accurate to include either "to where" or "run to" because of the t in vart. There is no rule in English against ending a sentence with a preposition. That's a Latin rule.
Yes, in formal English we would say "to where is the cat running" but ending a sentence on a preposition is now so widely accepted that many teachers and professors even allow it in writing.
if you're really wanting literary language, "Whither runs the cat?" is fine, if perhaps a bit formal/dated.
One does not tend to use whither / hither / thither (or whence / hence / thence) in spoken English these days outside set phrases like "I was running hither and thither" or as the compound "henceforth".
I think I'd just drop the "to" at the end of your example, "Where is the cat running" is most natural : "to" is understood.
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"Where is the cat running to" was not accepted. Why? The Present tense in Swedish can also be translated using the Present Progressive.
We actually do accept that, so either there was a bug or you made an error and didn't realise.
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Hmm. Next time I'll do a copy and paste to be sure. It was a timed practice, so I can't say for sure that there was no error. Thanks.
