"Det var inte alls vad kungen sa."

Translation: It was not at all what the king said.

[Tom_Adams101]

Is this some kind of funky colloquial "sade" going on here?

[Arnauti]

sade is normally pronounced 'sa', and often written that way too.

[Tom_Adams101]

Excellent. I feel very lazy for not just using Google for that question...

[Asatronom]

I believe that it is more common to use the past tense in Swedish, for example "Det var inte det jag sa", whereas the present tense is more natural in English: "That's not what I said". In other words, I think "Det var inte vad kungen sa" should have the most natural translation "That is not what the king said".

[Zmrzlina]

It and that are both accepted answers. For the tense, we'll try to keep the translations as straightforward as possible, thus preferring was or var here.

[benedictboy]

Should it not be: it was not all that the king said.

[devalanteriel]

Nope, compare:

• inte allt = not everything
• inte alls = not at

[der_Rabe]

This sentence has a cool rhythm. :-D

[pvirta]

But shouldn't "sade" be correct? "säga, säger, sade, sagt"

[devalanteriel]

Absolutely, but "type what you hear" exercises have a bug where only one translation can be accepted. It's very annoying.

[BROtT4]

"Sade " written form and "sa" spoken form?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, basically. You can use the spelling sa in most text today as well, although not formally.