"Pojken dricker te."

Translation: The boy drinks tea.

[tmac12390]

so is te pronounced tea-uh or am i hearing this wrong?

[Plantersnigel]

Only because the speaker is from Stockholm. Just say it with a T and an E sound after one another, no frills

[atakan261]

This language is cool!

[Shazes]

Am I the only one who was drinking tea when they got this? Ahahahaha

[EazzyLilE]

Who else always uses the slower words?

[Kurttb10]

Would it be "ten" with the definite article?

[Anrui]

"Te" is a t-gender word, so the definite form would be Teet

[FLchick]

Tips and Notes only explains en and ett words. What is a t-gender? Thanks for your reply.

[Anrui]

"En" means "n-gender". "Ett" means "t-gender".

It's the same thing, just two different names for them.

[Solomon341649]

In English 'drinks' is in the simple present and it shows a customary action whereas 'is drinking' shows an action taking place at the moment of speaking. In Sevenska 'dricker' can be translated 'drinks' and/or 'is drinking'. How/when do we differentiate between the two tenses in Svenska?

[PaulSmirnov]

There's no way, just use the context to guess. Like in Russian and some other languages.

[Ana986840]

How do you guys know if it is a continuing action or not? Like drinking or drink?

[JeremiasOv]

The same as in spanish "Té"

[Gamar779043]

As a native swedish speaker, sometimes this thing doesn't understand dialects, or just straight up fails to hear.