"Jag vill inte fylla femtio."
Translation:I do not want to turn fifty.
December 19, 2014
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”Fylla” in Swedish is a peculiar verb meaning ”to have birthday”, to ”turn X years old”. Look at these examples:
- Jag fyller år i dag. = It is my birthday today. (lit. I fill years today)
- När fyller han år? = When is his birthday? (lit. When fills he years?)
- Jag fyller tjugoett i morgon. = I turn twenty-one tomorrow. (lit. I fill twenty-one tomorrow)
So the sentence ”Jag vill inte fylla femtio” means that the speaker does not want to become fifty years old. You can imagine it’s his/her birthday tomorrow and s/he is not looking forward to it and says ”I don’t want to turn fifty [years old]”.