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what's the difference between "for a lot" and "too much?" Is the former på mycket instead
None really, but there’s a slight difference in intonation.
Swedish has something called pitch accents of which there are two. These are a bit like Chinese tones, but they don’t have such a big role. If you ”pay for a lot” you would say för mycket with accent 2 on mycket, but if you pay ’too much’ you will have accent 1 on mycket.
This is a bit advanced Swedish phonology, but you can read more here if you’re interested.
- 1441
So in text format it would really depend on context. I put "I payed for a lot" and got it wrong and assumed that it was wrong. If I come across it again I'll report it.
Yeah, I can add it as an alternative. Just check your spelling on paid as well.
- 1441
Of course. For some reason, since I started learning Swedish I have been making some weird mistakes with a few English words and paid is one of them.
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I'm not sure how old this comment is, since I'm on mobile, but I can't get the link to load.
could you also say jag betalat för mycket? i feel like saying "i have gone to the store, or i have forgotten my keys" is kind of unused in American English.
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No, you can't skip har here. If you skip 'have' in English, you change the tense so that 'I paid too much' would be Jag betalade för mycket in Swedish.
