"Det är definitivt en älg."

Translation: It is definitely a moose.

[deactivated user]

Ser ut som en älg. Luktar som en älg. Smakar som en älg. Ja. Det är definitivt en älg.

[Abeille_noire]

Isn't it a Dark Crystal movie's quote ? Well, just replace "älg" with "gelfling", and you will have the line of Aughra meeting Jen.
As an absolute fan of the film, I would give you a lingot for this one if you were not a deactivated user. But I guess I am speaking alone.

[finnarrowsmith]

Are you sure it's not that girl, duo?

[burgi3001]

Famous last words

[YanVysotsk]

Hopefully they didn't feed it, or else a similar fate will face others!

[Schudith]

I wrote "It definitely is a moose" and was marked wrong. I know this has a slightly different meaning than "It's definitely a moose". Is there such a distinction in Swedish as well (if so, then how?) or was this translation simply not added yet?

[kurio]

"It's surely a moose" is also marked as wrong, but it seems to convey the same meaning.

[Schudith]

Hm, I don't think so, as "surely" isn't as sure or definite as "definitely", is it? :D I mean, there's still a trace of doubt in "surely".

[kurio]

My impression is that, without further context, the two adverbs are so close in meaning as not to be distinguishable. But I am not a native English speaker.

[Silsool]

No, despite there being "sure" in the word, it 'surely' actually implies doubt, whereas 'definitely' really implies the absence of it.

[voorstab]

And what about absolutely?

[Troy489516]

I thought älg was uetrum, why det and the neutrum form of definite?

[Schudith]

Det is just a formal subject here. It doesn't take the gender of the object/animal/person in question. It's like saying "The (previously unknown or unspecified) something or someone is a moose". I think it would be a different matter, though, if in the sentence before, the moose was already mentioned, e.g.: Titta, en älg! Den äter gräs! In this case, den can refer back to älg, therefore it has to be utrum.

As for definitivt: Appending the -t has got nothing to do with älg being neutrum or utrum, it's just that you have to use the adverb form of definitiv (similar to definitely in English).

[MarionGeorge]

why is it ONE moose and not A moose. How do you say It is definitely a moose? Thanks

[devalanteriel]

"a moose" is actually the default translation. It could be either from the Swedish sentence.

[Vatrena1]

I don't get why there's a "t" on the end for an "en" word. Anyone?

[devalanteriel]

The -t ending for the definite singular ett-word is usually also shared with the adverb form. And here, we have an adverb - you can tell because the English says "definitely a moose" rather than "definite a moose". :)

[Vatrena1]

Oh! Okay - Tak!