"Elefanterna dricker vatten."
Translation:The elephants are drinking water.
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Vattnet. Vatten is a neuter word, but the unstressed -en gets reduced to -n with -et. It happens with -er as well (väder, vädret).
how can I differ between "... is drinking water" and "...drink water", they sometimes translate it in the continuous form and sometimes in the simple form
I think the answer is that you cant, because swedish doesnt have the continuous version. I think I read in the notes somewhere about a specific case where there is a continuous version, but in most cases its just the same as the simple form :))
It isn't silent, but it melts together with the D to form a special sound that is sometimes called retroflex. This happens in Standard Swedish whenever an R appears before an N, T, D, L or S (with S it sounds a bit like a 'sh' sound).
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The n in elefanterna didn't sound like a retroflex n. Is it audio issue or is she saying it correctly?
Elefanterna dricker vatten - It shows that the correct answer is - The elephants drink water, but can it be also "The elephants ARE DRINKING water"?
