"Han berättar inget för oss"

Translation: He tells us nothing

[Ethanxman]

Could you say "han berättar inget till oss?"

[Zmrzlina]

It sounds awkward, try to avoid it.

[jarrettph]

Yeah berätta för is more or less a fixed expression right?

[Zmrzlina]

Sort of. Berätta goes with the preposition för and that's just the way Swedish works, I suppose.

[James704885]

That is just the way Swedish works might as well be the answer to every question

[Ethanxman]

Ok cool, thanks

[ErixTheRed]

What is the difference between inget and ingenting?

[jarrettph]

Inget is short for ingenting depending on the context.

[EwaDuVarra]

he does not tells us anything. Why was this rejected, please?

[Bob713314]

Inget means no one, nobody & etc. Ingenting means nothing

[Arnauti]

No, actually it's ingen that means 'nobody' and 'no one'.
Both inget and ingenting mean 'nothing'.

[Olicamp]

Where is in the swdish sentence the 'nothing'?

[Arnauti]

inget