"The elephants have called for each other."
Translation:Elefanterne har kaldt på hinanden.
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Elefanterne har kaldt på hinanden BUT hun ar ringet til mig = both have CALLED. What differentiates "kaldt" from "ringet"?
"At kalde" is to call with your voice and "at ringe" is to call with the phone.
Men det bliver ikke brugt som adjektiv, det er "present perfect tense" (jeg ved ikke, hvad det hedder på dansk) og så man bruger "the past participle"
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present perfect = førnutid
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past participle = kort tillægsform
Det hedder forresten: ", og så bruger man.."
You can't really use nemlig after having just been corrected. It is used to confirm something or to express agreement.
The dictionary (DDO) mentions two uses:
Número uno
- bruges for at udtrykke fuldstændig bekræftelse af eller enighed i noget netop sagt (eller skrevet)
Et eksempel kunne være: "Alle børn skal have redningsvest på når de er på en havn!" "Nemlig!"
Número dos
- .. eller for at betone rigtigheden af noget man selv har fremført
Eksempel: "I nat gik jeg en tur i skoven." "Vent, du gik en tur i skoven i nat??" "Ja, nemlig."
You can think of it like Exactly, so your comment came across as if you had responded with Oh, exactly rather than Oh, right (the latter of which is what I assume you meant).
Fair enough, I'd always learnt it as "Of course" (which would fit the second definition in English, in my opinion at least) but in English would have worked here like "Oh, of course(, I knew it but just made a silly mistake)", but thanks for the clarification!