"She loves her child."
Translation:Hon älskar hennes barn.
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Hon älskar hennes barn. I think this has a different meaning. Doesn't it mean that she likes a child of a differtent woman (not her own)
Exactly, but the English sentence can mean that she loves her own child (hon älskar sitt barn) or that she loves someone else's child (hon älskar hennes barn).
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The "correct" solution is a bit strange; the signficance of the sentence is that "she loves somebody elses child". If the meaning is meant to tell she loves her own child - which is the overwhelmingly primary alternative - the solution should be: Hon älskar SITT barn. So, why is the word "hennes" offered as the sole choise of the poss. pronouns?
We accept both hennes and sitt as equal defaults, but we can't affect what the system chooses to test you on - it does that on its own.
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I used "sitt" and, while it was accepted, it also gave me the option of using "hennes." Difficult to tell if they were talking about her own child or someone else's, but I assumed it was her own. Did anyone else assume that as well?
Can someone, please, list me all the possesives and their translation?
That's like saying "she loves her the child". It doesn't work in English nor in Swedish.
Det svåra är ju när det inte är konsekvent med andra liknande frågor om man kan svara hennes eller sitt.
How am i tell from this if she loves her (own) sin) barn or (another woman's) hennes) barn. NOT CLEAR ENOUGH.
It's ambiguous, so you can translate both ways. But I'm guessing you were marked wrong for sin barn since it should be sitt barn.