"The whale spends time together with the dolphin."

Translation: Hvalen bruger tid sammen med delfinen.

[mizinamo]

Does one really "bruge tid" in Danish?

[deactivated user]

Yes, that's how you say "spend time".

And I know it's the same in German with "Zeit verwenden"

[mizinamo]

That sounds wrong to me; I would say "Zeit verbringen".

[deactivated user]

Ah, okay. We do have "at tilbringe tid" in Danish too.

[Martin633120]

Is it correct to say "together with" instead of just "with" in English? To my mind "together" seems redundant here, totally unnecessary for conveying the meaning of the sentence.

[stas_kysel]

Why is it "med" and not "hos" in this sentence?

[mizinamo]

The English is "(together) with the dolphin" and not "at the dolphin's house".

[stas_kysel]

Thanks. Could you please be more specific?
http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=hos gives first definition "med ophold i tilknytning til én eller flere personer, fx i vedkommendes hjem" where house is just an example. And there are examples like this: "Kom og sæt dig hos mig" which is not about houses.
Also "hos" is used in phrases like "I work with SomeCompany".
Also, Google translates "hos" as "with".

Maybe I should rephrase my question: is it possible to use "hos" in the sentence instead of "med"?

[Rich524475]

QUESTION.
My first reaction was to say "tager tid med" not "bruger tid med. " What is the difference in the two statements and what, if anything, is being said with "tager tid med"?

[80s_persona]

"Bruger tid med" means "spending time with" something or someone.
"Tager tid med" means "taking/measuring time with" something or someone.
"Tager tid" is like measuring how much time something takes, like using a stopwatch for laps. :)

[Rebecca73497]

So when do you use "vær sammen" or just "sammen"?

[Minsche]

It is only a typo: delphinen instead of delfinen