"Det ligger en katt på puten min."
Translation:There is a cat lying on my pillow.
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Nope. Nope nope nope. I would burn it. I hate spiders. My friend is from Australia, and she once had to get a spider out of her shower with a plate and a pot because the thing was too big to put in a regular drinking glass.
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How do you even get close to such a monster without burning the whole house down? You HAVE TO get high or drunk first, I would suggest!
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This is legitimately the most useful sentence on duolingo for me. Det ligger en hund på puten min. Now I can complain about Loki in Norwegian!
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Why isn't the cat the subject of the sentence? Wouldn't this be more natural: "En katt ligger på puten min"?
In this case, 'det' can be used as 'there'. As in, "There (points) lays a cat on my pillow".
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Is there really a reason in Norwegian why "A cat is lying there on my pillow" should be regarded as an unsatisfactory translation?
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Hmm. Well, In this case "det" translates as "there" according to the "correct" translation, and in English "There is a cat lying on my pillow," "There lies a cat, on my pillow," and "A cat is lying there on my pillow," "there" has the same meaning in each version, and the sentences differ only in rhythm, with no significant difference in meaning.
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But there is a difference between saying "there is something" which simply signifies that something exists and "something is there" which implies a location. It's a subtle distinction but it is there.
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This sounds like "There is a cat lying on my computer", which happens much more often in my house!
