"The witches went on vacation to France."

Translation: Häxorna åkte på semester till Frankrike.

[jdborg87]

Is it always "åka på semester", or is "gå på semester" also acceptable?

[Lundgren8]

It’s almost always åka på semester. The only example I can think of is in an office for example when the staff goes on holiday they can say: Nu går jag på semester. but otherwise almost always åka.

[jdborg87]

Tack. So it seems to me that if it's more general, it's "gå", but if you say a specific destination, it's "åka". Could that be?

[Arnauti]

Not quite. Gå på semester means the act of starting to have a vacation. If you're going somewhere and use the verb gå, it means you go on foot.

[ion1122]

Does 'åka' imply that the witches travel to their destination via a vehicle (e.g., a broom)? What if they just snap their fingers and appear in France?

[promi]

I suppose that any means of travel except on foot would be "åka"

[CedSgm7N]

Your comment may be six years old, but it made me smile just now.

[AeronStorm]

I am wondering why 'ferie' is not accepted

[Zmrzlina]

It's largely archaic. Nobody says that anymore.

[AeronStorm]

Except Norwegians :)
My bad

[kataisa]

I wonder, because I heard other words for "witch" beside this one: trollkvinna and trollpacka.
What's the difference? Are they all correct?

[KattenSune]

They all mean basically the same thing

[xxkawaiihimexx]

Gå på lov also means to go on vacation so it should be accepted

[KattenSune]

It's not really a vacation it is more holiday

[Segwyne]

I wrote åkt instead of åkte and duo corrected it to for. "You used the wrong word. Häxorna for på semester till Frankrike."

[Tootje5]

Jag använder gick det är fel

[CedSgm7N]

I just learned a new word, and a fun one at that .... haxorna! O.K., so is 'hax' the word for 'witch' and "haxor' for 'witches?"