Topic: Swedish

"Du kommer att tappa tallriken!"

Translation:You are going to drop the plate!

December 31, 2014

10 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/legresam

    How do we know here if it's going to be 'drop' or 'lose'?

    December 31, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/Zmrzlina
    Mod

      Tappa often has to do with physically dropping something.

      December 31, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/OllePatriksson

        'Tappa' means 'to drop' 'Tappa bort' means 'to lose (A thing)'

        February 10, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/RMB229

          All right, but "lose" is given as an option.

          May 20, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/Arnauti
          • 834

          If you lose your umbrella for instance, that would be tappa. But you're not likely to 'lose' a plate in that sense. Hints are just hints, not all hints work everywhere.

          May 20, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/MihailDimitrov

            Hello, would you consider "I am about to" an alternative acceptable version to "I am going to" in this situation?

            September 21, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/TiraBr0

              I love the 'kommer att'. Reminds me of a Southern USA way of speaking of the future. As in: I'm thinking of fixing to get ready to make dinner. Wonder how that would work in Swedish?

              December 20, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/HansLovesIce
              • 39

              I guessed "you might drop the plate" could be a good translation here. Is it wrong that I was marked wrong or was my translation not good enough?

              April 6, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/Zmrzlina
              Mod

                It was not a good translation. For expressing "might" like that, it's common in Swedish to use "kan", "kan komma att" or "skulle kunna".

                April 6, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/HansLovesIce
                • 39

                Tack, jag skulle kunna lära det ;-)

                April 6, 2016
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