Topic: Swedish

"Vår valuta har blivit svagare."

Translation:Our currency has become weaker.

January 6, 2015

14 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Iikka

    ...och TTS verkar lite för glad för det.

    January 6, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/HelenCarlsson

      TTS sounds overjoyed!

      January 6, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/Menelion

        Now I know where Russian word валюта came from :)

        February 28, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/Nerdator

          English and German have it, too. Russian most probably got it either from German or directly from Italian, which the word comes from.

          March 6, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/FrancescoG735920

            mhh, Italian banks? I mean Genova/Venezia/Firenze of the past centuries

            April 5, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/use_her_name
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            Was that about valuta? Anyway, Dutch has that word too.

            August 13, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/Baba7249

              Native German speaker here -"valuta" is most definitely not a German term, except funnily enough as a Russian loan word to describe "hard currency". The German word for currency is "Währung".

              February 21, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/Nerdator

                While 'Währung' is undoubtedly the most common way to say 'currency', 'Valuta' is a word in German: http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Valuta

                (Like in English) it's just an uncommon and specialist term that you won't encounter unless you work in that field.

                February 22, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/Baba7249

                  Sure it can be used in German, that's not the point - but it wouldn't be used in the above sentence.

                  February 25, 2016
                  https://www.duolingo.com/PaulGratre

                    As a Brit, this is hitting a little too close to home right now.

                    October 30, 2016
                    https://www.duolingo.com/desifromitaly

                      "Valuta" is (also) an Italian word. It comes from the ancient past participle ("valuto") of the verb "valere", which means "be worth" :-)

                      March 20, 2017
                      https://www.duolingo.com/zgz.

                        Is "Vår valuta hat gått svagare.'' okay?

                        October 1, 2015
                        https://www.duolingo.com/Zmrzlina
                        Mod

                          No, it doesn't work.

                          October 1, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/zgz.

                            Noted. Thanks! :)

                            October 1, 2015
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