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- "Vad är det som är så roligt?"
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A word to word translation would be "what is it that is so funny"? So the main clause is" vad är det ", and" som" leads a subordinate clause "som är så roligt", which describes "det" in the main clause.
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if you add a 'comma' this would make more sense: 'vad är det, som är så roligt'. With a tiny reservation: could any grammar pro please comment on that ! Am am only 99% it is correct. 'what is it, that is so funny' sort of.
Yes. However if someone is laughing for no apparent reason you would ask "Vad är det som är så roligt?" or possible "Vad är så roligt att du inte kan sluta skratta?" but not just "Vad är så roligt?"
Why wouldn't you say that? Too formal? So short that people night not notice? Or …?
Maybe it should be accepted. As a native swedish speaker, I find nothing really wrong with it. Gramatically it is not 100% correct, but swedish people sometimes say like this.
Vad är så roligt? Vad är det som är så roligt?
To remove the words "det som" makes the sentence incomplete but understandable.
Why wouldn't you ask what is so funny? Is it impossible for them to understand the question ? Or is it more logical to always ask what is it that is so funny?
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A possible variation which is heavily used is : vad för något är så roligt ? BTW, but since I am a native I never learned enough Swedish grammar to know if that would be merely spoken Swedish, but I do not think so.
Why does it provide both 'fun' and 'funny' as translations for 'roligt'? They are not synonyms at all
They're not always synonyms in English, this is true, but as I take it 'roligt' is an interchangeable word in the Swedish language for both 'fun' and 'funny'.
Why are the two instances of "är" pronounced with such different vowels here?
Ah, OK. Mainly was concerned if there was a linguistic reason -- but I assume from your remark that either pronunciation's fine. Thanks.
To check the pronunciation of the separate words, I tap each word separately. This helps to pump the pronunciation into my skull. But this time both the words "är" aren't spoken at all. ERROR maybe?
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In English you use fun to describe an experience that makes/made you happy, e.g. That holiday was fun.
funny on the other hand, always describes something that makes/made you laugh. That joke was funny.
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Why would 'funny' be accepted but not 'fun'? Is there a difference between those two? Both are considered a translation for 'roligt' if you look at the hints
Why isn't "What is that which is so funny?" Correct? I know sounds a bit unnatural but is that the only reason?
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I don't think any English speaker would say it that way, so that is probably the only reason.
Im a native spanish speaker and translating it that way makes much sense haha, sometimes swedish is really similsr to Spanish.
Yeah, me too, I guess it's because we always try to directly translate it word by word, hahaha
