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Is this a date like an encounter, or a date like a certain day in the future?
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"Dato" is only a date as in a certain calendar day, like March 3rd . A date as in a meetup is just "date" and a loanword from English. Technically, it would be "stævnemøde", but no one under the age of 60 uses that word, ever, and you will get weird looks if you do.
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So what does this sentence mean then? If it's not a date as a romantic rendezvous (that would be date) or a statement about a time available for an appointment (tid) is the whole concept of tomorrow being assigned a date in a calendar called into question?
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Well, it is most often a statement about a time available for an appointment/anything social, really, but less specific than "tid" which would only imply an appointment with a doctor/therapist etc. for a shorter time. Could be said like:
"Hvornår kan du mødes med dronningen?" "Jeg har en mulig dato i morgen, (den 6. juni)"
"When are you able to meet the Queen?" "I have a possible date tomorrow (June 6th)"
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Except we wouldn't say that in English - a "date" in English in the above context means a romantic encounter.
In your example with the Queen, if you said "I have a possible date tomorrow", the answer would be "Lucky you - how about the day after?"
It's confusing to use the English word "date" as a translation here, but it's made more complicated by the fact that it doesn't look like there's a direct translation of "dato".
The best translation of the above sentence into comprehensible English would be "Tomorrow's a possibility for me".
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I guess "availability" would be the best choice, but it's definitely not as simple a translation as just replacing the word.
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For me, given the right context, many (though not all) of these seemingly odd DL sentences are possible. Sometimes you need to do a little mental gymnastics first.-- I know you're busy. Get your calendar out. What dates are you free to get together? ...
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Opening could also be used in English since we're referring to scheduling
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How do you pronounce "stævnemøde"? I couldn't find the pronunciation on forvo.com and not sure if I'm doing it right :)
Den Danske Ordbog has the pronunciation, although for this entry it doesn't have the IPA symbols, only the audio
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I keep wanting to translate 'i morgen' as 'in the morning' which would technically be tomorrow, but duolingo doesn't accept it. Is it a really big difference, or is duolingo being too picky?
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No, duolingo isn't being picky - "in the morning" is "om morgenen", or "i formiddag"
"i morgen" could be anytime tomorrow, not just the morning.
The person making these Danish statements needs to be replaced. Seriously.
