"A cup of sugar"
Translation:En kopp socker
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Correct. Swedish doesn't need or want it there.
En kopp kaffe, en matsked olja, en kubikmeter vatten = A cup of coffe, a table spoon of oil, a cubic meter of water.
I'm afraid I couldn't possibly list all the uses. Prepositions are tricky. I was able to google a few examples, though.
Is this referring to the actual measurement that we use in recipes here, or just generally a cup full or sugar?
One would hope just a cup filled with sugar, seeing as Sweden is a metric country. :)
In Britain, popping round for a cup of sugar is a traditional way of meeting your new neighbours, starting some gossip, or the like.
While both cup and glass are of neutral gender, why is it ett glas but en kopp? Read a post here that all neutral genders are ett..
