"Min tjej bor i Sverige."
Translation:My girlfriend lives in Sweden.
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So, it could be translated to "gal" perhaps, when using it for older girls?
No. The tj sound isn't found in the English language. I was told to pronounce it inbetween saying the letter s- and saying the sound sh-. There's a great video of it on youtube that you can watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtpbB5-kA_0
The point is that it's not a very good translation, and accepting it would definitely give a lot of learners the wrong idea - especially the many who are not native English speakers. The course isn't supposed to accept all technically correct translations, just those that are reasonably feasible. I really do not think "my girl" fits that criterion.
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"Tjej", ok...why? We just learned flickvän, so what does this word have that the other doesn't?