"Det här är alla formler ni behöver för provet."
Translation:These are all the formulas that you need for the test.
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how can "det här" be translated to "these"? shouldn't it be "de här" in the sentence?
We usually say it that way in Swedish, but in English they want the plural form. This has been quite a problem for us course-builders. For instance, in Swedish you say "Det här är mina skor", but in English they don't say "This is my shoes", and if we translate it into "These are my shoes", that doesn't work perfectly either.
In Swedish, we think like this: I am pointing to "something", therefore I think of it as "det här". It works like a formal subject, but with "här" added to make the meaning the same as with "this". In English, they don't do that. Hope this helps?
Is this kinda the same thing as the Det är construction at the beginning of a sentence? That is, you don't know what the subject is yet so you just default it to det. If so, I'm guessing that if you knew that the subject was about shoes, you could then say de här...?
Yes, that is correct. It's still much more idiomatic to use det här even when you could use de här, though, to the point that the latter may even sound weird to natives.
Can provet also mean for the (eg mathematical) proof instead of test in this case
What is the best way in Swedish to distinguish 'These are all formulas you need (among others)' and 'These are all the formulas you need (none other)'? Or would you need flera for this?
Yes, although I might be slightly more inclined to only use that in informal context.
Something like De här formlerna är alla du/ni behöver för provet.
"Those" translates to "de där". Also, "det där" wouldn't work in that case since "Det här" in this context is sort of a semi-set phrase. Se Arnauti's explanation for more details on that point.
In English, you use those for "those ones over there" and these for "these ones right here". The same concept applies to the singular forms that and this. The former always implies distance (can be spatial or temporal), while the latter implies proximity.
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Why is it all formulas "that" you need... When we have alla formler ni, which looks like "all formulas you need"?
The "that" is optional in English, so we accept it both ways.
Yes and no. It's optional in Swedish as well, but "that" translates into som here, not att.
Just to add to this: you need som rather than att in this instance because that/which here is a relative pronoun. Use att for that if it's a subordinating conjunction. Hope this helps.
Please fix the sound so that each word isn't chopped off when it's on the "turtle" mode. The other narrator was much better.
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When the word samma was introduced, we learned that the noun it describes is never in the definite form. Does this hold true for alla as well? This concept seems to explain why all the formulas is alla formler in the Swedish sentence.
It's slightly more complex in the case of alla, since it's less clear whether the definite is acceptable or too colloquial in any given situations. We do accept it here, and I think that's fine. But I would not use it in formal text.
I thought SOM is always needed: Det här är alla formler SOM no behöver för provet. Is it not so in Swedish? Is "som" not necessary like "that" in English?
I thought SOM is always needed: Det här är alla formler SOM no behöver för provet. Is it not so in Swedish? Is "som" not necessary like "that" in English?
I thought SOM is always needed: Det här är alla formler SOM no behöver för provet. Is it not so in Swedish? Is "som" not necessary like "that" in English?
I thought SOM is always needed: Det här är alla formler SOM no behöver för provet. Is it not so in Swedish? Is "som" not necessary like "that" in English?