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Syk hjemme

English translation: sick at home

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Norwegian term or phrase:syk hjemme
English translation:sick at home
Entered by: Mats Wiman

08:27 Mar 23, 2002
Norwegian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Norwegian term or phrase: Syk hjemme
email response
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sick at home
Explanation:
He is sick at home
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Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 10:48
Grading comment
Thank you. You have confirmed what I thought - "Syk hjemme" is amazingly close to English when spoken phonetically!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1sick at home
Mats Wiman
4(at) home sick
Yngve Roennike


  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sick at home


Explanation:
He is sick at home


    Native Scandinavian (Swede) with Norwegian friends
Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 10:48
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in pair: 176
Grading comment
Thank you. You have confirmed what I thought - "Syk hjemme" is amazingly close to English when spoken phonetically!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trond Ruud: Hva med: Sick leave / called in sick?
5 hrs

neutral  Yngve Roennike: he is home sick is how you would normally say it in the US, which doesn't mean homesick.
2 days 4 hrs
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2 days 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(at) home sick


Explanation:
see above, or on sick leave, as the case may be.

Yngve Roennike
Local time: 05:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 22
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