"Han ville ha en ny tv."

Translation: He wanted a new TV.

[alexwooty]

In spoken Swedish, would the difference between "han vill ha" and "han ville ha" be clearly heard, or would they sound very similar?

[Najmiesmdr]

How do I know when to
Put ha in front vill or ville

[Gnurfel]

One way I think of it is vill means wants to. So, if you add ha it means wants to have.

Vill usually goes with verbs: Han vill äter myron (He wants to eat ants).

Vill ha usually goes with nouns: Han vill ha en ny klänning (He wants to have a new dress).

But in English, we usually just say "wants" instead of "wants to have". You need to mentally equate the "to have" part with the Swedish "ha" part.

Hope that makes sense! And please correct me if I'm wrong.

[SvenJim]

He wished to have a new tv

[Zmrzlina]

That wouldn't be accepted.

[asarnoh]

Why is teve not accepted? (en ny teve)

[EricReno20]

I'm also wondering. I have a Swedish language learning book at home and TV is often written as "teve" there.

[MaryBeth378619]

That is phonetic, but it is typed as "tv" here. Say "te-ve" but type "tv".

[James704885]

When do you know whether to use NY or NYA?

[Gnurfel]

NYA for plurals

[AdamWojcik6]

Kan man också säga "Han ville en ny TV"? (Utan "ha")

[Edvin40261]

No, that is very unnatural it would be equivalent to say "He wanted new TV"

[onwires62]

Varför får jag inte skriva teve?

[JimNolt]

In English it is TV or television. Is it always tv in Swedish? No other term?

[BurksOakley]

I wrote "television" and it was NOT accepted.

[Tinat762696]

TV in english can be the word television