"I am reading the book even if you hate it."
Translation:Jeg leser boken selv om du hater den.
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I would like to know the same, since 'Jeg leser boken selv om du hater det' is accepted, but 'Jeg leser boken selv hvis du hater det' is not.
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Would "...om du hater det" also be okay, or must you use "den" when a masculine or feminine noun follows over to another clause?
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You always have to use "den" for m or f noun replacements.
Jeg leser boken selv om du hater boken - I am reading the book even if you hate the book
If they meant that you hate the concept that i am reading the book, and not hate the book, you would use "det" instead.
My first assumption would be that they hate the book. There are a couple other technical possibilities, but none of them likely.
So we may think of "selv om" as meaning "even if" . Is there any grammatical context where this is not so?
Yes, there are contexts were "om" has another meaning: "selv om dagen" = "even during the day".
