"Du gör mig lycklig."

Translation: You make me happy.

[Coreopsis2943]

What are the differences between "lycklig" and "glad"?

[Arnauti]

I think lycklig is more an enduring sense of happiness and fulfillment, whereas glad is more temporary, and more tied to things like laughing. merry and glad in English are closer to glad. But they are often interchangeable.

[Coreopsis2943]

Thanks. That's a good explanation.

[DenUngeGubben]

is it closer to lucky ?

[Zmrzlina]

No, that's a false friend. "Lucky" in Swedish is tursam.

[RikSha]

Yet doesn't 'lycka till!' mean 'good luck!'?

[Zmrzlina]

It does, but that's a fixed expression frozen in time.

[mandydax]

...När himlen är grå...

[pekarekr]

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/you-are-my-sunshine-du-sk%C3%A4nkte-solsken.html

Du skänkte solsken

Det var en natt och jag låg och drömde

att jag höll dig uti min famn

Men när jag vaknade var jag ensam

Vilken smärta, vilken skam!

Du skänkte solsken, du skänkte glädje

Du skänkte värme åt själen min

Om blott du visste hur kär du är mig

Hur du gör mig glad i mitt sinn

Ska alltid glädja och hålla av dig

Blott du besvarar känslorna

Går du ifrån mig och tar en annan

får du ångra det en dag

Du skänkte solsken, du skänkte glädje

Du skänkte värme åt själen min

Om blott du visste hur kär du är mig

Hur du gör mig glad i mitt sinn

Du sa ju en gång att du höll av mig

Att ingen annan fick dig ta

Men du gick från mig och tog en annan

Mina drömmar gick i kras

Du skänkte solsken, du skänkte glädje

Du skänkte värme åt själen min

Om blott du visste hur kär du är mig

Hur du gör mig glad i mitt sinn

[pekarekr]

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.

You make me happy when skies are gray.

You'll never know, dear, how much I love you.

Please don't take my sunshine away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_My_Sunshine

[pekarekr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDNDELFF1ok

[pekarekr]

a children's lullaby version:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+are+my+sunshine+lullaby&view=detail&mid=B16B2EAC835BC63BD413B16B2EAC835BC63BD413&FORM=VIRE

[pekarekr]

Doris Day:
https://www.last.fm/music/Doris+Day/_/You+Are+My+Sunshine

[pekarekr]

Johnny Cash singing "You Are My Sunshine":

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you+are+my+sunshine+youtube&view=detail&mid=6E63613F93FC690617A76E63613F93FC690617A7&FORM=VIRE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGa3zFRqDn4

[envercyilmaz]

Can we use "gör mig" pattern like in English?

Such as this example sentence:

"Don't make me use my secret weapon"

[Arnauti]

No, those are two different constructions in Swedish. The other one would be tvinga mig inte att ('don't force me to').
If you say gör mig, it can only mean 'make me' as in 'turn me into …'.
There's a third construction too which is a neutral one to use for making people do things: få [någon] att [göra något].
Like this: Det är svårt att få barnen att göra läxorna. 'It's hard to make the kids do their homework'.

[Segwyne]

That last would translate literally as "It's hard to get the kids to do their homework", right?

[Vithralas]

Yeah, right, I think so :D

[mrLeopold]

Is "gör" an equivalent to "faire" in French and "machen" in German?

[Buzdawg]

Not sure about the German, but I remember that "faire" in French means both to do and to make, as does "att göra" in Swedish. I'm not sure, however, if it can be used in all the same types of constructions as the French word. Perhaps a native Swede who's doing French can elaborate? :)

[Kerstin482199]

Yes, "att göra" (Infinitive) is like "faire" in French and "machen" in German. Funny to write 4 different languages within one sentence ;-)