"A man is drinking water."

Translation: En man dricker vatten.

[Ope1991]

Why isn't "är" used in this case?

[Marra1996]

Is mannen wrong?

[Volrat]

It would be correct if the sentence was: "The man is drinking water."

[4uN]

What's the difference between mannen and en man

[beagoodone]

Dricker means drink or drinking?

[Arnauti]

It means both drinks and is drinking, since there is no special continuous form in Swedish, our present tense covers both.

[isuck4]

Isn't "drinks " spelled "drycker"?

[Zmrzlina]

"Drycker" means "things that you drink", it's a noun.

[isuck4]

Tack så mycket

[Shireen862442]

Tack så mycket

[Ankulou]

Should it not be correct to say "En man sitter och dricker vatten"?

[Jijo_Ulmo]

Only if you want to say "a man is sitting and drinking water"

[Ankulou]

I don't get it. I thought that "sitter och" and "ligger och" + verb are used to express that sth. is happening right now!?

[Adam301482]

Man wasnt an option?

[hadas400770]

A man is drinking water and eating bread and apple