Oct 20, 2017 18:01
6 yrs ago
Swedish term

hon och hennes

Non-PRO Swedish to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Excerpt from an interview with a woman about her experience caring for an epileptic daughter:

"Och så mycket kunskap man har fått. Inte bara runt [dotter] och hennes, utan runt alla människor som har andra diagnoser runt omkring.. alla deras… hur de är."

How should "hennes" and "deras" be interpreted here? What is the word/phrase that they implicitly modify?

Thanks
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 her condition
Change log

Oct 21, 2017 10:53: Michele Fauble changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Anna Herbst, Agneta Pallinder, Michele Fauble

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Proposed translations

+1
11 mins
Selected

her condition

This is obviously spoken (or transcribed from spoken) language, as both "hennes" and "deras" as they are used in the sentence here needs an object. And from the context "her condition", respectively "their conditions" seems to be a safe bet.
Peer comment(s):

agree Cynthia Coan
21 hrs
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