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He's Batman in Swedish too, but he used to be called Läderlappen, which is a cool word. Literally it means 'a little piece of leather' but it's the name of a kind of bat, it seems to be called Vesper bat in English.
What relation is between a bat and spider,i think what you weant has been SPIDER MAN
Hahaha I love this comments! A regular guy like me open this app trying to learn a little of swedish and also learns about spiderman and batman, and other animals. Even about spider's mouth and environment! Tack så mycket!
How do I know if the spider "is drinking" or "drinks" water? What is the difference?
Swedish doesn't make a difference between them, so either works. :)
"Ett" means "an" as in an apple or ett apple, right? And en mean "a" as in a spider or en spindel?
No, not really. In English, a and an are versions of the same word, and the right choice depends on whether it's succeeded by a vowel sound. In Swedish, en or ett depends on the gender of the word.
what all does "en" entail? one, the? something else to? in English we have a separate word for everything. German and Swedish shorten things up a bit to give one word two or three different uses? am I wrong and confused?
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If you stick with the course, you'll soon start finding cases where English has just one word for different things that have separate words in Swedish :)
I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but en is the word fro "one", or "a/an". We use it both for counting and as an indefinite article. There is also ett, and which one you use depends on the gender of the noun.
So: En spindel dricker vatten = The spider drinks water. En spindel är dricker vatten = The spider is drinking water?
No, Swedish doesn't have a continuous tense so är dricker doesn't work. Instead, we use just dricker for both "drinks" and "is drinking".
