"Det gör ont att hoppa från den tredje våningen."

Translation: It hurts to jump from the third floor.

[astropsipower]

surely it is only on reaching the ground that hurts? :)

[tpx90]

What is the third floor in Swedish by the way? Is it A or B on my diagram?

<pre> A B 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd ____Ground_____ 1st____ </pre>

[Arnauti]

Sadly, both those systems are used in Sweden, so you can never be quite sure. It's different in different buildings. (I think A is more common though).

[Victor-Lecomte]

disgruntled engineer's groan

[PotatoSanta]

Is there no language with a logical and consistent floor numbering system?

[S0S_90]

Well, I think most languages have a floor numbering system that is logical and consistent taken for itself. For example in Germany only system A is used which for me is completely logical. Problems start when communicating with people from other countries that have different numbering systems and aren't familiar with yours. (Or when you learn a lot of languages and get confused ;-) )

[alexis15243]

It must be dangerous to practice bungee jumping in Sweden.

[PLLumsdaine]

English has that, it just has two of them — one in the US, one in the UK and most other places…

[israellai]

indeed, I just realised that the ground floor is labelled 1 in my student nation a week ago.

[Lundgren8]

Mine is labelled ”zero” but I call it ”first floor”.

[Q_C]

I get the feeling your diagram no longer works here.

[D.D.526062]

This sentence seems weird to me as a native speaker. It would be better to say 'It is dangerous to jump from the third floor.' One can die doing this.

[Helmut83]

I wrote "jumping from the third floor hurts" and it was rejected, why?

[devalanteriel]

Seems like a fine translation - I'll add that. :)

[southocean]

So the direction of the jump is implied here? I got the impression that Swedish treats direction very explicitly, hoppa upp/ner fran. Would it be correct to say "Det gör ont att hoppa från taket" or ".. från en träd", where there is no explicit direction?