"The horse is eating my scarf."

Translation: Hästen äter min halsduk.

[shaswatmanu]

Which breed of horses like to eat scarfs?

[exqeriment]

My Little Pony horses. They are a traditional delicacy.

[Pinchuflame]

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[Linda36498]

As someone who spends a lot of time with horses I can tell you that horses love to chew on your clothes. I've given up on wearing a clean jacket :D

[Yuki_Shiro]

Wonderful sentence. I can imagine it to happen somehow.

[Raekor]

I forgot the word for scarf so put something incorrect. The correct solutions show as:

• Hästen äter min scarf.

• Hästen äter min halsduk.

Is that correct that we can just use scarf for scarf?

[Lundgren8]

Yeah, either works. Swedish has borrowed the word scarf.

[Jitt91]

There's also the word sjal which I believe is shawl in English if I remember correctly. But that one is more of a fashion piece than for keeping warm.

[Raekor]

Thank you for the explanations.

[Kaknothere1]

What?

[edamiani]

Yes

[MalBrood]

this is the last time i buy a scarf made out of straw

[sconseycider]

lol

[SallyMcCaffrey]

LOL

[Emil451576]

I thought halsduk was 'towel'

[Azuricet]

That's handduk. Halsduk literally means throat (hals) cloth (duk), which makes more sense for a scarf than a towel.

[Kyrstellaine]

I often see the definite form used to indicate possession - does that not work here? What are the rules about when it can or can't be used? Example: Hästen äter halsduken, vs min halsduk.

[Liesen88]

When is 'min' and when is 'mig' used? :(

[HaydenJJM]

'Min' is used as an actual possessive word to indicate that a thing is yours, like 'my' or 'mine':
'Det är min halsduk.' - 'It is my scarf.'

Whereas 'mig' is used like 'me' or 'myself':

'Du tycker om mig.' - ' You like me.'

'Jag har på mig en jacka.' - ' I am wearing a jacket.'

In the last example, 'mig' is used literally almost as 'I have on myself' :)