"Jag tittar på tv."

Translation: I am watching TV.

[severin.uebbing]

A very common way to spell T.V. in Swedish is teve. That should definitely be a correct alternative answer!

[Arnauti]

Did you get this as a 'type what you hear' task? There's a problem with making the machinery accept spelling variants in these. We can't fix that right now, but I'll turn that excercise off for this sentence. On the 'translate into Swedish' side, teve is an accepted answer.

[severin.uebbing]

Yes, exactly. Great!

[VaclavKlic]

there are several exercises here where teve is not accepted spelling...

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

Is there a full word like television or is it always TV in Swedish

[exqeriment]

The full word (I learned this on Rosetta Stone) is teve.;-)

[LenaStorli]

Yes, there is "television", but only in a strictly technical sense (or really old-fashioned, 1950s when it was new to Sweden).

[devalanteriel]

Or better yet: televisionsapparat.

[silvioiannone]

Why is "I watch the TV" wrong?

[dsjanta]

"I watch the TV" would be "Jag tittar på tv:n"

[CedSgm7N]

So, 'tittar pa' can mean either looking at or watching? I've always thought of it as looking at .....

[floyat]

just curious, do i still use "tittar på" if I want to specifically say "I am looking at the tv" in swedish?

[devalanteriel]

Yup.

[RowenaJane]

I am watching the telly should be accepted as that is the common way of expressing this.

[SusanArsco]

Jag tittar på tv = watch / look at the tv

[devalanteriel]

That would be tv:n or teven, for the definite.

[jennifer856684]

why isnt it watch tv

[devalanteriel]

"I watch tv" is also fine.

[jennifer856684]

kolla på

[devalanteriel]

kollar på is colloquial but fine Swedish.

[Peter147810]

in the sense of checking it out as opposed to settling in for a viewing session? Kolla! = check it/this out

[Moonsilver2]

I watch tv and I am watching tv are the same. First not allowed?!

[devalanteriel]

We do allow both, actually.