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- "Gråt inte, forska!"
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Maybe you should've studied linguistics instead :þ
Edit: Not being a jerk calling him bad at science, just pointing out his obvious interest in language.
I've been waiting for an Icelandic course on Duolingo since I discovered the app ! Will this dream come true one day ?
It was a feminist call to action during the 70s, a rallying cry if you will: here's an opportunity to get into the hitherto male-dominated academic scene - let's take it!
Cool! I thought this must be from something like this, such a weird sentence taken out of context. I am learning swedish AND about the women rights movement!
This seems to pretty much sum up the attitude of science professors towards their students.
Okay, Duolingo has reached a new peak in creepiness! I was literally crying about my research 10 mintes ago. How does it now...
We've all been there. Here's an anonymous internet hug, now take a nap and then go bite that pesky science in the arse!
That would mean "Don't cry more Argentina." - I'm not a Swede but I think what you might want to say is "Gråt inte för mig Argentina!"
Yes, that's what it means but this is how the song was translated to Swedish (and you can listen to it here, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOJOD23Q4FU :) )
It doesn't allow 'research' as a verb in english, and only accepts 'do reaearch'. Strange
It's actually been accepted for over a year, so I don't know what went wrong there.
Or really the old "Don't cry, craft!" since the phrase came about in the 70's (see Wikipedia article posted elsewhere in the discussion).
A bit alike a Spinoza's quote I like: "neither laugh, nor cry, but understand" (ni rire, ni pleurer, mais comprendre)
That's just how it is. The imperative (used for commands/directions) of "gråta" is "gråt". I find wiktionary really helpful for checking conjugations: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gr%C3%A5ta#Swedish
I think the general rule is verbs that end in -er in the present tense (e.g. 'Jag gråter') lose the -er to form the imperative ('Gråt inte!')
If you were making a joke about "don't be be dull, do research!", then I'm sorry for the grammar bit ;) In that case, I think it would need to be "Var inte grå..." but I don't know if that actually scans in Swedish.
