"Gillar du min nya duk?"

Translation: Do you like my new tablecloth?

[sim-hae]

Frankly, my dear...

[TimothyAspeslagh]

... I don't give a damn

[iwtsn1ig]

What is the difference btwn gillar and tycker om?

[Zmrzlina]

They're synonymous, but "gillar" is a bit more colloquial.

[deactivated user]

Do they have the same intensity?

[devalanteriel]

Yes. They're effectively equal in everything but formalism.

[-DLS-]

Why "nya" and not "ny" in this instance?

[Zmrzlina]

Things after a possessor are treated as definites.

[-DLS-]

Thanks... I have a flow chart somewhere that details that. Time to get it back out and study it again! :-D

[Aleksandra379802]

Shouldn't it be "min nya duken" then?

[devalanteriel]

No, it's only the adjective. Compare English where you wouldn't say "my new the scarf".

[CsabaSndor]

Part of a "sick" conversation for sure....

[creativemetaphor]

Made better when my brain tried to translate it "Do you like my new duck?"

[freeboprich]

It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen...

[Koriuky]

What's up with all those tableclothes ?

[sabbatore79]

So, just tycker is think and tycker om is like?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, that's correct.

[WandervdBos]

Is it natural in some Swedish dialects to pronounce duk like du? Something about the new voice makes it sound that way.

[devalanteriel]

No, the new voice is definitely in the wrong here.

[spiffwalker]

Does anyone else hear "Villar" in the slow version...?

[Bailjo]

It's the Swedish soft G. If you're a native English speaker like me, it can kind of sound like what we would use the letter Y for.

[TenriGenderless]

I didn't try it, but would canvas be an acceptable translation of duk?

[OrchidBlack]

I did try it, and it was marked wrong.

[HidekoHamai]

My dictionary says duk is both cloth and cover.Is it wrong to translate just cover? Is it only for tablecloth?