"Hunden äter inte osten."
Translation:The dog is not eating the cheese.
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Can somebody explain the difference between;
"is not..." "does not..." "did not..."
As far as I can tell, "is not..." and "does not..." are interchangeable in Swedish. Maybe I will come across a section regarding past tense and just haven't unlocked it yet, but I am still struggling with "Hunden äter inte osten" meaning "The dog did not eat the cheese."
"Is not" is "är inte" "does not" does not require a swedish word for "does" eg: He is not home = Han är inte hemma. He does not have a home = han har inte en hem.
Han är inte hemma: He is not home. Han har inte en hem: He does not have a home.
Of course not … the dog chases the cat, the cat catches the mouse, and the mouse eats the cheese (which stands alone).
I put "The dog does not eat cheese" because it makes for sense but it said I got it wrong. Can someone explain please?
Esentially thinking of it as referring to it as a specific piece of cheese. So in that sense when speaking of that piece of cheese you would say "The dog does not eat the cheese." Sorry if that didn't make any sense, I have a strange way of thinking about this.
I put does not eat, even tapped on the words. they want it that way and then call me wrong. I'm confused.
