Meaning of den | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. it (for common gender nouns)
   common-gender
2. that (for common gender nouns)
   common-gender
3. the one, that one (for common gender nouns)
   common-gender
4. he, she, whoever, "the one"
   common-gender

Ekvivalenter

Exempel

“Jag ser Nisses bil. Den är röd.”

I see Nisse's car. It is red.

“Jag har tappat bort min nyckel. Har du sett den?”

I have lost my key. Have you seen it?

“Skalbaggen är mycket hungrig. Mata den varje timme.”

The beetle is very hungry. Feed it every hour.

“Mata'ren varje timme [Common unstressed pronunciation variant – see IPA. /rɛnː/ is especially common in some dialects.]”

Feed it every hour

“Ge'ren till Nisse [Common unstressed pronunciation variant]”

Give it to Nisse

“Seruren? ["Ser du den?" – common unstressed pronunciation variant]”

Do you see it?

“Den bilen är röd, men bilen där borta är grön”

That car is red, but the car over there is green

“Den stora bilen – den som Margit äger – är gul”

The big car – the one that Margit owns – is yellow

“– Vilken glass tog du? – Jag tog den med marshmallows.”

– Which ice cream did you have [take]? – I had [took] the one with marshmallows.

“– Vilken bil tycker du är finast? – Den (där)! *Pekar*”

– Which car do you think is the prettiest? – That one (there)! *Points* ["Där" (there) is optional, and could also be "här" (here) for example, for a nearby object, like in English]

“Den som lever får se”

Time will tell ("He who lives will (gets to) see" – idiomatic)

“Den som gräver en grop åt andra faller ofta själv däri”

He who digs a pit for others often falls himself therein (proverb based on the Bible – idiomatically old-fashioned language in Swedish as well)

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