Topic: Danish

"Hun bliver fulgt hjem af drengen."

Translation:She is being followed home by the boy.

3 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/leoburca
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This reminds me about one joke we used to make to one of my class mates: - [Name] managed to save a girl today. -How comes? -He stopped chasing her. :))

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/bonbayel
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Actually, it means he accompanied her! But that doesn't use a passive in English. There should have been enough context to explain it!

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Chris488674
Chris488674
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So how do you say "She is being followed home (by a stalker)""

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/bonbayel
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Good question! I had to look it up. "På vej hjem bliver hun forfulgt af en stalker". Apparently "stalker" is also Danish. I never thought about it when I lived in Denmark. Even in Copenhagen and Aarhus I always felt safe walking home alone at night.

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/SleepyTinman
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"She was accompanied home by the boy" is a better translation

8 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Maria299959
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Nasty boy must be stalking her

1 year ago
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