"Elefanten är hans vän."

Translation: The elephant is his friend.

[HairyChris88]

I'm glad about that, over on French Duo the elephant has just died.

[commander_fett]

Elefanten att är hans vän dör! (is that proper use of "att," anyone?)

[Arnauti]

No, you mean Elefanten som är hans vän. the 'that' in your English sentence is a relative pronoun, so it must be som in Swedish.

[OliviaA]

Read this as "Elefanten har hans vän" haha!

[Moheddining]

What is the difference between ¨vän¨ and ¨kompis¨?

[Arnauti]

en vän, 'a friend' is a more serious thing. en kompis is more like 'a mate', 'a pal', or 'a buddy' – it's more colloquial and refers to a less deep relationship.

[unfetteredferret]

en kompis sounds like an accomplice...

[Moheddining]

Tack !

[danielmonteiro16]

when I use hans and when sin?

[MesutS1]

Sin is reflexive so that only can be used if you have Han/Hon/Den (respectively a name etc.) as a subject and the object is belonging to him/her/it.

For example:
He is kissing his (own) wife - Han kysser sin fru
He is kissing his (someone else's) wife - Han kysser hans fru

You can also have a look here:
http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/theswedishteacher/2010/03/25/sin-sitt-sina/

[ReneHoffmann]

Han heter Otto och elefanten heter Benjamin. Törö!

[MusabAlmaw]

You mean the mouse.

[NathanQuinton]

is "Vän" gender specific?

[NatalieBoa3]

I don't think so, that is why there is flickvän and pojkvän to distinguish their genders.

[John210530]

So cute!!!!!

[George418878]

Stampy!

[Hanseatisk]

Vatten för elefanter?

[Lisa-Maria209246]

Benjamin Blümchen and Otto?