"Han skickar konstiga signaler."

Translation: He is sending strange signals.

[mariocwcnow]

Could these signals be romantic? Do the swedes have another word for that?

[inequation]

That's also my question — are the "signals" here a euphemism, or could he be e.g. telegraphing nonsensical Morse code values?

[devalanteriel]

They could be either, but I didn't even consider the latter possibility until you mentioned it.

[FRSV]

Is it just me or does the normal speed version sound like she's saying "Han skickaDE konstiga signaler" instead of "skickar"?

[MarkBorkBorkBork]

Sounds like skickar to me.

[Lundgren8]

I don’t hear anything, but the tapped r and a quick d can be very similar.

[CTfalcoUSA]

I agree that there is a weird sound before "konstiga"!

[impy_imp]

Is "Han skickar konstiga signaler" used for saying "he is sending mixed messages" - often used in a romantic context to mean you can't tell if he likes you or not ?

[devalanteriel]

Definitely, yes.

[impy_imp]

Thanks. I wonder if American English uses "strange signals" for "mixed messages" ? I was trying to work out the usage/meaning for the English sentence and hence the most likely usage for the Swedish sentence. I saw above that the Swedish could also be for strange morse code signals, so 'strange signals' is a valid translation, it just doesn't seem to me that it would be used nearly as much as 'mixed messages'.

[Segwyne]

As an American, I have never heard "strange signals" in English, only "mixed messages" or "mixed signals".

[avcara]

But, "He is sending mixed signals" was not accepted.

[devalanteriel]

I think I wasn't a contributor when I wrote the above, so I didn't realise. Will fix that.

[slandersson]

"he sends peculiar signals" disallowed

[devalanteriel]

That's more like udda, or egendomliga.

[Patty13647]

I thought this could also be, "He is sending out strange messages." Is that also right?

[degrasseme]

"Han skickar ut konstiga meddelanden"

[rusty401767]

Yeah hi,ion, i have a phone and the answer boxes sometimes shrink down to a half inch or a millimeter width so i can't see what I'm typing. I thought duo was messing with me.In any case very disconcerting