- Forum >
- Topic: Swedish >
- "Ett riktigt jobb"
30 Comments
It is a real job!!! Being a space-cat will be real when I invent it! harumph
Ahhh...and again forgetting the English translation when the swedish word is almost similar to the german one....
Does word "work" has different translation in swedish since it is not accepted answer?
Not under the new voice. The last syllable of the previous word blends into it at full speed, though.
Yes, it kind of sounds like that when you use the middle of the tongue and the middle of the hard palate to sharply make the [j] sound. But it is definitely still [j].
If I remember correctly, right = rett. Also 'real' and 'right' mean different things.
rätt, yes. :)
Actually, "right" can occasionally mean riktigt, but not in this sense.
I put a "true" job, which seems accurate as well. :) But it said I was wrong.
I'd say the meaning isn't quite the same. We'd say ett sant jobb for that in Swedish.
But on another thread here on this page you say that 'ett sant job' "just sounds weird in Swedish". 'A true job' on the other hand is perfectly acceptable in English. I would say that for example the sentences 'That's not a real job' and 'That's not a true job' are pretty much synonymous. Or, another example, 'She was not aware of his real intentions' and 'She was not aware of his true intentions.'
We're not affiliated with TinyCards. While riktig can occasionally mean "true", it does not do so here.
Could I say "Riktigt!?" in a angry tone and make sense? Or is there another way to say "really" in Swedish?
I think 'Ett sant jobb' should be accepted, I couldn't report it, could anybody?
Now, why in the world did I think that the word 'riktigt' means 'important'? While I'm at it ... what is the word for important???
