"Elefanterna dricker vatten."

Translation: The elephants drink water.

[CommieGnome]

What would "the water" be?

[ha.chun]

Vattnet. Vatten is a neuter word, but the unstressed -en gets reduced to -n with -et. It happens with -er as well (väder, vädret).

[Sarah21189]

Dang! I forgot it was neuter and got it wrong :( oh well...

[ObadaAlkhayat]

I didn't hear the (r) sound in "elefanterna" is it sielnt ?

[Arnauti]

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).

[ObadaAlkhayat]

Aha , Tack så Mycket =]

[EmdadAhmed]

The n in elefanterna didn't sound like a retroflex n. Is it audio issue or is she saying it correctly?

[S.M.94]

why they didnt say elefanterna dricker vattnet :(

[Arnauti]

vattnet = the water

[AngelikaG9]

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

[TurquoiseNelly]

Elefanterna dricker vatten - It shows that the correct answer is - The elephants drink water, but can it be also "The elephants ARE DRINKING water"?

[margaritav407116]

Typo mistake