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Topic: Danish

"Why do you use all three sinks for the same?"

Translation:Hvorfor bruger du alle tre vaske til det samme?

3 years ago

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Alialexs
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For the same what? This doesn't make sense on its own.

3 years ago
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epac-mcl
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No, not literally, but in this context, "til det samme" means "for the same purpose".

3 years ago
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gregbyron
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Then it should say that so we're able to translate it. As it is, the English sentence is unnatural.

3 years ago
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epac-mcl
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I totally agree, but the original question was in Danish to English (in an earlier lesson). In other words, the Danish version is correct, but the English translation is incomplete.

3 years ago
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