"Grandfather likes fish and lemon."

Translation: Farfar tycker om fisk och citron.

[electronixid]

Why not gillar?

[Lundgren8]

That works just as fine. Both are accepted.

[BarbaraShi16]

Morfar and farfar both mean grandfather. Either should be accepted unless the English specifies paternal grandfather.

[tcazarim]

what does 'gillar' mean? is there any difference between 'tycker om' and 'gillar'?

[friswing]

'gillar' is more coloquial, and does not really feel like something a 'grandfather' would say/do. It is something younger generations do. 'Jag gillar rockmusik, farfar tycker om Mozart'

[Zmrzlina]

No, they're synonyms.

[ErinWard7]

Why is om needed here? What purpose does it serve?

[Arnauti]

Here's a post about tycker om: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/5892480

[Charles697505]

when is "morfar" used for grandfather?

[stockholmer]

Morfar is when you want to be specific about it. Morfar = father of the mother.

[AveryAndre1]

Why is farfar rejected for 'grandfather'? This lesson seems fixated on maternal grandparents - there is a similar problem with another sentence.

[stockholmer]

Farfar works for me

[Plentbeest]

Why is 'farfar tycker om fisk med citron' not accepted?

[friswing]

Because the sentence is "fisk och citron". I know it is easy to think 'med' because that is usual on a menu, but that is not the word to be translated here. We don't know if grandfather likes fish and lemon together.

[RiteshSarn]

How to differentiate between mothers mom/dad and fathers mom/dad in a sentence.. Its very confusing

[friswing]

In Swedish it is easy, if it is my mother's parent it starts with mor- (morfar, mormor), if it is my father's parent it starts with far- (farfar, farmor). In English it has to be stated: paternal or maternal grand-(parent). So if the English text does not, it will be a 50% chance that it is translated incorrect. Because in Swedish we are very perticular in this way, we always state which one it is.