"He takes off his hat."

Translation: Han tar av sig hatten.

[Louiselnd]

BUT YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON

[Metlieb]

I wrote Han tar av sig hatten, which was accepted. Out of curiosity, would Han tar av sig sin hat be accepted, too?

[Lundgren8]

Yes, both are accepted. Han tar av sig hatten is considered the best translation.

[Cameron.Fancher]

Why is it "hatten"?

[Arnauti]

I wrote something about this here: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/6014446

[Cameron.Fancher]

Thank you for your help. :) You and the other mods are very helpful, it's very different from the other courses I've done.

+1 Lingot. :)

[portu-maskon]

Swedish rule I guess

It is wierd that its an article but ya know

[tivasyk]

i typed in "Han tar av sin hatt" and it was accepted. now i have read your comment and i wonder if the phrase i used would sound ok to a swede at all; in general would it be ok (at least in come contexts) to use just "tar av" (without sig etc) like that?

[soundspirit]

Could you also change the word like "Han tar hatten av sig"?. Would that be acceptable and common? I'm pretty sure you can do a similar thing with the phrase "har på sig"...

[KiwiDressager]

And on those lines: "Han tar sin hatt av sig"...? It looks awkward but just wondering if technically it could be correct.

[DAGHLM19]

So, 'av' is 'off' and 'of'?

[NicolsRocc]

but isn't it the translation "the hat"? because here they are strict when you write "the hat" or "a hat"

[hornedhorse9]

Hatten indicts its his in swedish like swedes say brush the teeth in a literal translation but its more like a possesive thing . just a swedish quirk !

[leo-arg]

Can I say: Han tar sig hatten av ??

[gulnara439438]

Why if in previous sentence it was "vi tar av OSS.." we cannot say here "han tar av HANS.."?

[dark_peppermint]

oss and hans are different kind of pronouns (oss is object, hans is possessive), so "oss" means "us" but "hans" means "his"

[Franz460815]

Couldn't one write "Han tar hatten av sig"?