"Jag är för trött för att titta på tv."
Translation:I am too tired to watch TV.
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Why this för before titta pa ? Would be wrong Jag är för trött att titta pa tv ?
"To look at the tv" is not accepted here - why? Is this because of the preposition "på", or is "titta" not mean to look at the object, rather than specifically watch what is on TV?
Yes, to look at the tv means att titta på TV:n, the combination titta på TV without an article means just watch TV.
But "to look at tv" without the article was not accepted, either. In American English those are equivalent statements.
They may be grammatically similar, but "watch TV" is idiomatic, whereas I've never even heard the phrase "look at TV" before (I can look at a TV or at TVs if I'm shopping for them though)
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I wouldn't say "watch a TV or watch TVs" either so that argument against "look at TV" doesn't work. The phrase is "watch TV" or ""look at TV" NOT "look at a TV or at TVs." I have heard and use "look at TV": "I was up late looking at TV all night" for example. I am a native speaker of American English. The fact that you haven't heard it does not mean that it doesn't exist.
I was simply using those as examples of when I'd use the word look rather than watch regarding a TV, and they didn't directly relate to the main point. I'm from the Midwest US (Ohio), and in my interactions with people (naturally not only from here), I've only encountered watch and not look at in this context. You are correct that this doesn't mean it doesn't exist, and if you as a native speaker use and hear it, clearly it does. I was operating on the incorrect assumption that it was a direct translation from another language, as often English phrases that come up in these comments but seem highly non-idiomatic to me are from second language English speakers using literal translations of their own idioms. I am curious as to which part of America you're from as that is a turn of phrase I've never encountered before.
I am from Connecticut, and I use both "watch TV" and "look at TV". I don't feel any distinction between them.
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I agree. Both are commonly heard, although it may be a New England / Mid-Atlantic regionalism. I am curious to find out if people in other regions say "look at TV" as well.
Dear Arnauti is there any correct response for this question with continuous form of WATCH
I can get behind the "too tired to study" sentence...but this one is ridiculous!
Translation of swedish infinitive in the english language is highly problematic. I am goint to give the honest and most accurate translation, even though it is not grammatically acceptable.
Jag är för trött för att titta på tv. I am too tired for the watching of(on) tv.
So report it then. It's obviously correct, but you can't expect every correct translation to always be in the database, since they're all added manually. :)
Oh I did, but was just having a moan. Glad to see someone cares. Have a lingot.
I also would think of "watch TV" and "look at TV" as interchangeable. I come from Pennsylvania originally, but have lived in the Southwest and New England for the last 50 years.
In a more common example, say "I am too tired to drive." or even "I am too tired to think." (we often say that to mean "Don't ask me complicated questions, I am too tired.") - is it still "för att", say "Jag är för trött för att aka" or "Jag är för trött för att tanka." -? Sorry, other parts of my Swedish may be wrong here, but you'll understand my question I think.
Yup - för x för att y = too x to y. (And I know you're just missing the diacritics, but do note that tänka = think, tanka = refuel.)
I put "I am too tired to watch tv." and it was not accepted... In previous exercises it was not necessary to capitalize "tv." (I did report that my answer should be accepted.)
We only have one error report for this sentence, and it's from the same time you posted here, so I'm assuming it's from you. The reason your answer was not accepted is that you put "i am to tired to watch tv", with "to" rather than "too".
Tack... I realized afterwards that my wireless keyboard did not detect the 2nd "o".
Still confused on this one. I also said "to look at TV", which is just as common for me as saying "to watch TV".
why the heck "i'm too tired of watching tv" is not accepted?
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I think that would mean that watching tv is the cause why you are tired, while this sentence means that you are already tired and you will not watching tv because of this.