"Pojken dricker te."

Translation: The boy is drinking 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!

[Slxshes]

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

[EazzyLilE]

Who else always uses the slower words?

[260.HRgg4BD9yKUm]

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?

[AddrError]

To put it simply: When it's in the present you will find 'er' in the ending of the word. If it's in the past it will have 'it' in it. Future will end with 'a'.
Drick'er' (drinking) present
Druck'it' (drank) past
Drick'a' (drink) future

Hope that maybe helps a little.

[JeremiasOv]

The same as in spanish "Té"

[OniGengu]

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

[David864588]

I wrote "The boy's drinking tea" and had it marked wrong...

[hoda820382]

How about
The boys drink tea.
In sewdish?