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- "The TV needs no batteries."
"The TV needs no batteries."
Translation:Tv:n behöver inga batterier.
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do we always write the TV, with those dots? TV:n - is there any other phrase like that? thx
Yes. When an acronym gets additional grammar add-ons, there is a colon separating the acronym and the rest. Works just as well with organisations, so you might well write the "WHO:s nya rapport om världens hälsa" for example.
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on road signs directing you to a certain church you often see this in the middle of an abbrevation: ''Östra Ryds k:a''
Why is it "några" and not "inga"? Is it because I wrote "Tv: n behöver inte inga batterier"?
"Inga" is accepted.
But "Inte inga" is not because it is a double negative.
Your sentence would translate to "The TV does not(inte) need no(inga) batteries".
Both "Tv:n behöver inga batterier" -> "The TV needs no batteries"
and "Tv:n behöver inte några batterier" -> "The TV doesn't need any batteries"
are accepted as answers.
Hi kikikii inte inga is a double negation so you only use one of them but in this case you could potentially choose which one you use out of the two
It is a translation for TV it's just not something people ever really say. SVT (the name for the state TV channels) stands for Sveriges Television for example.
Becauser no batteries is plural and in this case has to be translated as such, to inga batterier.
It is. AFAIK, words on -eri are ett-words, and they all take the plural -er.
(Watch out though, words on -eria are en-words...)
It's what's used in Swedish when you want to stick extra grammar onto abbreviations. Also used in abbreviations where you're just writing the first and last letter of a word, like "S:t" for "sankt" (saint).
It's what's used in Swedish when you want to stick extra grammar onto abbreviations. Also used in abbreviations where you're just writing the first and last letter of a word, like "S:t" for "sankt" (saint).
