"He put the book on the table."

Translation: Han lagde bogen på bordet.

[allison.grothman]

Hvorfor kan jeg ikke svare "Han placede bogen på bordet"? Hvad er ændren mellem "at lade" og "at placere"?

[vilhelmr]

Han puttede bogen på bordet?

[deactivated user]

No. Here is the definition of "at putte" (vb.)

> anbringe i en tildækket, snæver eller omsluttet position; stikke gennem en åbning

Translated: place in a covered, narrow or surrounded position; stick through an opening.

Examples with "at putte":

• Han puttede bogen ind i reolen

• Han puttede bogen ned under sengen

• Han puttede bogen op på loftet

[skywalker735]

Op på?
Why not simply just 'op' or 'på'?

[deactivated user]

You need some kind of direction when using "putte":

• Han puttede bogen op på loftet = He put the book up on the loft (Correct)

• Han puttede bogen op loftet = He put the book up the loft (Wrong in both Danish and English)

• Han puttede bogen på loftet = He put the book on the loft (Works in English, but not in Danish since it lacks a direction)

[AndreFSRodrigues]

Wouldn't a more useful translation be 'he laid the book on the table'?