Topic: Danish

"The manager pretends to be an artist."

Translation:Direktøren leger kunstner.

June 2, 2015

17 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Guimatoma

    so, "leger" is the same as "playing" as it is for "pretending"?

    June 2, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/miacomet

      Yep. Sort of like the English expressions "to play dead" or "play family".

      June 2, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/PatPetersen127
      • 9

      Why no article on kunstner?

      June 24, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/gradydobetter

        9 months late but i assume it works like the english phrasing "play doctor" or "play house/family/dead/whatever"

        March 22, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/scarlett_7

          confused too :s found a lot that no article and not-plural

          January 27, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Tabyshabz

            "En kunstner" should be used here i guess

            August 14, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mdn73

              I wrote that and it was marked wrong.

              February 23, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Monsieur-Xavier

                Hvorfor ikke "en kunstner"?

                November 18, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jennPPP

                  Its an indirectly translated expression.

                  November 26, 2016
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Monsieur-Xavier

                    Måske ligesom på tysk: "Der Direktor spielt Künstler"...

                    November 26, 2016
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/kbkristensen

                      Last time i chose both and now it is marked wrong...daaaa

                      March 14, 2016
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/kajax2

                        det er ikke god

                        July 1, 2016
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Gliderguld

                          Pretend = foregive

                          September 7, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AnneBerg9

                            If the first two sentences would beginn with "direktøren" which one would be right? "Direktøren lader som om han er kunstner/ en kunstner" - "at lade som om" would be the correct expression, I guess...

                            January 24, 2017
                            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/weirdact

                              Can we also say "Direktøren spiller kunstner" ?

                              February 19, 2017
                              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Katiesuperstrong

                                It says that 'chefen' can also be used for 'the manager' (when you hover over the word 'manager', yet when I use it, it tells me that it's wrong and need to use 'Direktøren'...!!!

                                March 17, 2018
                                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/nfsmit

                                  Reported: "bestyreren foregiver at være en kunstner" should be accepted.

                                  February 13, 2019

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