"En flicka dricker vatten."

Translation: A girl is drinking water.

[BruceWhitn]

How do you tell the difference between 'drinks' and 'is drinking'?

[GiancarloB204508]

Would like an answer as well, shouldn't both be marked as correct?

[BastienQue3]

Agreed

[Clos0]

I'm a bit confused isn't "en flicka" mean "A girl" and not "One girl". Can anyone please explain and correct me?

[Arnauti]

It means both, you just have to decide from context which one fits better in English.

[Clos0]

Thanks, very well.

[Screw_You_Duo]

Why "A girl is drinking water" but not "A girl drinks Water"?

[ShivdevSin]

Shouldn't this be a woman drinks water? It says it's "one woman drinks water"

[Arnauti]

No, a woman is en kvinna, en flicka is a girl.

[ShivdevSin]

Oh right. Sorry. Thanks.

[mtlalexa89]

Why does this not translate into: A girl drink THE water??? (vattEN) Thanks!

[Arnauti]

vatten is an ett word. This is the kind of word that is usually used as a mass noun of course, but
the singular is ett vatten, vattnet 'a water, the water'
and plural is vatten, vattnen 'waters, the waters'

[hamiltonlover]

This was so weird I had a typo and it said I was completely wrong

[Donna598586]

I am writing the correct sentence but its saying its wrong!!!

[jag-alskar-dig]

why did it mark "drinks" wrong? it never did that before.