"De tar båten til Amerika."

Translation: They are taking the boat to America.

[JoeWerner2]

Why not "by ship"? I know that that would be "skip" in Norwegian, but boat sounds smallish to me (like a small sailboat).

[pickanystar]

can this sentence also mean 'they are going to america by boat', or does it have a literal meaning only?

[adnejossing]

If you want to say 'They are going to America by boat', I would have said 'De drar til Amerika med båt'.

[pickanystar]

thanks! :)