"Du väljer hunden."

Translation: You choose the dog.

[Goim]

Should've chosen Pikachu instead.

[luless]

Pikachu, jag väljer dig!

[craaash80]

I was hoping to find such a comment :D

[Synthpopalooza]

Tip for remembering this verb: It is the same root word as the English word "value".

[Andrea251]

I was asking myself how remember this. A lingot for reading in my mind.

[Semeltin]

That's not true at all.

[CaliforniaNorma]

Then provide details, tack!

[devalanteriel]

English "value" comes from French value, from Latin valere, from PIE *wal = to be strong.

Swedish välja comes from vilja, which is in turn a cognate of the English verb "will", from PIE *wel = to wish.

[ScottDoria]

So plural would be hundarna???

[Arnauti]

Yes, the definite plural. 'dogs' is hundar and 'the dogs' is hundarna.

[Ifritcher]

so,'Du valjer hunden' - 'You choose the dog' .or could it be "You choose that dog'?

[Arnauti]

'You choose that dog' would have to be either Du väljer den där hunden or Du väljer den hunden.

den + definite noun but no adjective = that
den + adjective + definite noun = only definite form, not that

So den hunden = 'that dog' but den bruna hunden = 'the brown dog'.

[Ifritcher]

Ok thanks, that kinda makes since.

[cg49me]

Just wondering how contextual of a "choose" "väljer" is. Would a synonymous translation be "You select the dog"?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, that would also work.

[Joanna534554]

Does väljer mean also "to prefer"? It sounds to me much like "to prefer"

[devalanteriel]

No, that would be föredra.

[magsschmid]

Why is 'you chose the dog' is not accepted?

[GregoryCaracal]

Oh mom can we get this one?