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Sentence #3010051

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 loghaD loghaD January 27, 2014 January 27, 2014 at 8:37:45 AM UTC link Permalink

I would recommend "knappt" here, rather than "hardly".

The word "knappast" normally refers to probability; it's a statement of incredulity.
So, this sentence comes off as meaning "I strongly doubtt here are any books here."

"knappt", however, means something like "barely", or "almost, but not quite". It works nicely in this instance.

herrsilen herrsilen January 2, 2015 January 2, 2015 at 8:18:11 PM UTC link Permalink

Jag adopterade meningen och ändrade ”detta rummet” till ”detta rum”. Däremot håller jag inte riktigt med om att ”hardly” inte kan betyda ”knappast” i den här meningen. :)

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #57349There are hardly any books in this room..

Det finns knappast några böcker i detta rummet.

added by learnaspossible, January 26, 2014
➜ #57349There are hardly any books in this room.

linked by learnaspossible, January 26, 2014
➜ #3024669Tässä huoneessa on vain muutamia kirjoja.

linked by sni, February 1, 2014
➜ #3024669Tässä huoneessa on vain muutamia kirjoja.

unlinked by herrsilen, January 2, 2015
Det finns knappast några böcker i detta rum.

edited by herrsilen, January 2, 2015