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| Raistlin Majere Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Spain uciprotour-cycling.c Joined 7152 days ago 455 posts - 424 votes  7 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan*, FrenchA1, Italian, German Studies: Swedish | Message 17 of 35 07 February 2006 at 4:09am | IP Logged | ||
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It is listed as one of the possible uses of the verb "gå":
Jag går och sovar: Me'n vaig a dormir I'm going to sleep 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lugubert Heptaglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6867 days ago 186 posts - 235 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Danish, Norwegian, EnglishC2, German, Dutch, French Studies: Mandarin, Hindi | Message 18 of 35 07 February 2006 at 8:30am | IP Logged | ||
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Again, it's sover, and I don't think anybody would say it that way.
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| Raistlin Majere Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Spain uciprotour-cycling.c Joined 7152 days ago 455 posts - 424 votes 7 sounds Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan*, FrenchA1, Italian, German Studies: Swedish | Message 19 of 35 07 February 2006 at 8:54am | IP Logged | ||
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I'd better dump my grammar then. Edited by Raistlin Majere on 07 February 2006 at 8:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6909 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 20 of 35 07 February 2006 at 1:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Out of curiosity, who wrote that grammar book?
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Dan Nosell-Josep Lluís Espuny
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| Steve Diglot Groupie South Africa Joined 6894 days ago 56 posts - 58 votes Speaks: English*, Afrikaans Studies: Norwegian | Message 22 of 35 07 February 2006 at 2:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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Interestingly, it seems as if that form is acceptable in Norwegian.
"Jeg går og sover" or "Jeg går for å sove", I have been informed, are both common ways of saying "I'm going to sleep." I wonder if this form is acceptable in Danish? Edit: Typo Edited by Steve on 07 February 2006 at 2:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6894 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 23 of 35 07 February 2006 at 4:16pm | IP Logged | ||
I wouldn't be very likely to use "jag går och sover" either. I agree that it sounds a little strange, but I don't think it is incorrect. A similar construction sounds quite natural with many other verbs. But I might easily say "jag går och sova". I am not even sure if that one is strictly correct, but that is the way it comes out comfortably. It might be interesting for you to compare the Old-Swedish usage of "jag går att sova" here. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6909 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 24 of 35 07 February 2006 at 4:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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In fact I've heard that och in this case is really å (approximately), which is really att (and possibly (för) att), which is similar to your example.
Another verb: Jag går (för) att handla - becomes: Jag går å handlar - which is similar to the spoken och and therefore we have: Jag går och handlar. I think this was the explanation I heard. I might find the source again. Edited by jeff_lindqvist on 07 February 2006 at 4:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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