"We are not alone."

Translation: Vi är inte ensamma.

[FLchick]

The X-Files

[jim988629]

Is ensam singular snd ensamma plural?

[devalanteriel]

Correct!

[MarissaDice]

So it would be Du ar inte ensam?

[devalanteriel]

Yes. :)

[Franz533507]

I had the same question like RubenBes. In German lonely = einsam and alone = allein. So you can say a sentence like: "Ich bin allein, aber nicht einsam." = "I am alone but not lonely." The literal translation into Swedish would be: "Jag är ensam men inte ensam.
But the meaning of the German sentence is: "Jag är ensam men känner mig inte ensam."

[Sjodni]

Why does inte come before ensamma?

[Lundgren8]

The adverb typically comes after the verb.

[Sjodni]

oh, okay, thank you.

[RubenBes]

As far as I know ensam can also mean lonely, but how would I know the difference in such a sentence?

[devalanteriel]

That's correct. I honestly don't think there's much of a problem in practice, though - I mean, how often would you expect a situation to be ambiguous in that regard? Context would likely make it clear.

[RubenBes]

Thanks for the quick reply! Part of why I was wondering is because in Dutch we have the word eenzaam which looks a lot like ensamma but means lonely, while the word alleen means alone :)

[devalanteriel]

That's true. We also have allena, actually, but it's oldfashioned, almost archaic in modern Sweden Swedish. :)

[Dagmar_Frerking]

Same in German: einsam vs allein

[Bruh612]

Speaking of that how would you say "alien" in the sense of an extraterrestrial?

[devalanteriel]

We use alien as a loan a lot nowadays, but there's also utomjording - extraterrestrial, basically.