Topic: Swedish

"They just work."

Translation:De bara arbetar.

January 16, 2015

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Wonder why the bara goes before arbetar, instead of after, as the notes say adverbs go after verbs in Swedish. Is bara an exception?

January 16, 2015
https://www.duolingo.com/HelenCarlsson

    Declarative main clauses in Swedish exhibit an almost exceptionless verb-second order. Only a small class of sentence adverbials (including "bara", "kanske," "nästan" and "rent av") can appear between the foundation and the verb.

    This is quote from Basic Swedish by Jan Anward.

    January 19, 2015
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      Vad betyder "rent av"?

      January 19, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/HelenCarlsson

        Jan Anward writes "rent av" split into two words, but "rentav" seems to be more common. Anyway, it means even/actually.

        January 19, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/HoroTanuki

          I'm using mobile app and I can't hover over words to see the translations (I could until today) nor do I hear the pronunciation? Is that a bug?

          July 31, 2015
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            I'm using the app as well - clicking on underlined words gives me both.

            August 14, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/HoroTanuki

              maybe if you change from wifi to 4g during the lesson it confuses the app and it stops loading translations? dunno

              August 14, 2015
              https://www.duolingo.com/bigswedeej
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