"The baby wants to go to his mom."
Translation:Spädbarnet vill till sin mamma.
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Is the verb just understood here? Or is vill a verb on its own and not only a helping verb?
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Very late answer to this question, but in Swedish, we very often say vill + direction or goal, to indicate that we want to get somewhere without specifying how we'll get there.
Jag vill hem 'I want to go home'
Most likely a verb of motion is understood.
Don't really grasp why "åka" is inappropriate here. Certain verbs can be omitted, but the pattern escapes me.
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I wrote a long explanation about this here: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/5884363
Why not "bebisen vill gå till sin mamma"? I understand "komma" works, but feels more like "come", rather than "go", to me.
In Swedish, gå would mean "walk", which seems unlikely since it's a baby. Rather, the phrase is about where the baby ends up, and komma can be used for that in similar contexts.
Is 'vill' more appropriate here than 'vill ha' because it's not a living object, so to speak?
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vill when you want to verb and vill ha when you want a noun.
More info in this thread: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/5892480
