"I sit down on the chair."
Translation:Jag sätter mig på stolen.
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What about "Jag slår mig ner/ned på stolen"?
Is it not accepted because it's not literal? Or just a missed option?
Probably just the latter - it's a great translation. Just one thing you should note: it's mostly in the "making oneself comfortable" sense, so not exactly a phrase you'd use for someone sitting down to be interrogated.
Thank you for the answer!
btw, for whoever is interested, "slå dig ner" is one of the first sentences in Bonus Familjen, if someone wants to listen to it in a context.
This requires the reflexive object, right? "Jag sätter ned på stolen." doesn't work, correct?
Quite correct. :) You're putting something on the chair, and you need to specify what. If it's yourself, you use a reflexive object.
Woo! So it really means "I set myself", and you can set something else as well.
Tack devalanteriel!
That would be satte [sig]. But please note that sitta means "sit" and sätta sig means "sit down", so there's a difference.
"Jag sitter ner på stolen" is accepted, but I'm not sure it should be. My sense is that "sitter" is an inactive verb, while "sit down" is about the activity of putting yourself into a sitting position. So "Jag sitter ner på stolen" would be like "I'm sitting, down on the chair", which sounds kind of weird.
Or maybe I'm overthinking it?