Topic: Swedish

"Det var inte alls vad kungen sa."

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

January 30, 2015

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Tom_Adams101

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

    February 15, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Arnauti
    • 944

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

    February 16, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Tom_Adams101

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

      February 16, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/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".

        January 30, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Zmrzlina
        Mod

          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.

          January 30, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/pvirta

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

            May 7, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/devalanteriel
            Mod
            • 2149

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

            May 7, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/benedictboy

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

              September 17, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/devalanteriel
              Mod
              • 2149

              Nope, compare:

              • inte allt = not everything
              • inte alls = not at
              September 17, 2018
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