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- "It is a pocket."
"It is a pocket."
Translation:Det är en ficka.
December 28, 2014
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friswing
2453
Yes, fika has a 'long i', but ficka has a 'short i', short vowels are as a rule followed by a double consonant, it's just that 'k' is an exception spelling-wise, we write a double-K as ck
friswing
2453
Well, a book small enough to fit in a pocket, more or less. So here we use the English expression "Pocket book", but shortened to just pocket