Topic: Swedish

"Mina föräldrar är bönder."

Translation:My parents are farmers.

January 25, 2015

16 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Timislove

    Why is "bönder" peasants as well?

    January 25, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Lundgren8
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    • 43

    ”A peasant is a member of a traditional class of farmers.” (from Wikipedia)

    January 25, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/freeboprich

      I'm just amused that I can write "My parents are peasants" and still be told I'm correct.

      May 4, 2015
      [deactivated user]

        Goes back to feudal times.

        June 24, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/telemetry

          Bound to the land, right? Or am i invoking a false friend here... ;(

          December 23, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/sotnosen93
          • 14

          Yep, false friend. According to Wiktionary, it comes from the Old Norse "bóndi".

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B3ndi

          December 25, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/devalanteriel
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          • 2153

          Yep, hence "husband" - "house dweller". :)

          December 25, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mike405555

            My parents are peasants! LOL

            January 17, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/fraugryl

              Can this word be seen as offensive in Swedish? Calling someone a peasant would definitely be insulting in English..

              May 12, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/devalanteriel
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              • 2153

              No, the default translation is "farmers", but Swedish uses the same word for both. :)

              July 11, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LucasDiniz22

                Is this related to Dutch Boer in any manner?

                February 22, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/devalanteriel
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                • 2153

                No, actually not.

                April 3, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sven692782
                • 17

                Its related to bound and bond. House bound =husband

                September 25, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jack_Boulet

                  "Shoulda thought o' that before you became peasants! Take him away..." - Yzma, The Emperor's New Groove

                  November 28, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/devalanteriel
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                  • 2153

                  I'd take a Duolingo course in Squirrel for English speakers.

                  November 28, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Maxi3mo

                    you can be offensive, without anyone knowing. Why? Because you can just say, oh no I was just calling you a farmer, because farmers are cool and they won't suspect A THING :D

                    August 13, 2019
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