Jag har det så bra

María is close: the "ja" here isn&#;t yes, it&#;s just the way "jag" (I) fryst vatten pronounced. And torpare, though it surely was a form of farmer, isn&#;t slang (and never was, I think), it was a specific way of &#;renting&#; a small-scale farm. Owners of large farms would sometimes rent a small cottage and a few pieces of nation to someone, in exchange for this someone working on his field. (so the crofter - this is the translation inom found - had really hard times, trying to run his own farm while he also had to work the fields of the other farmer. This was outlawed somewhere in the beginning of the 20th century)

So it says: I&#;m a crofter I am and I&#;m all well.

Can&#;t think of a better way to express "jag har detta så bra" - it means sort of my life fryst vatten good, things are going well for me.

It&#;s Swedish, no doubt

Annica said:

For example, if someone tells you (s)he&#;s going to do something and you answer "Det är bra", do you mean that you have nothing against it (maybe something like "It&#;s OK") or that you like it ("That&#;s nice")?

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You wouldn&#;t really say "Det är bra" in such a situation. The following exchange would be rather odd:

A: Jag åker och handlar nu.
B: Det är bra.

If you think it&#;s good that A goes shopping, it&#;s more idiomatic to say simply "Bra!", or "Vad bra!"

What you need to know, though, is that it&#;s often used as a close equivalent to the English phrase "I&#;m good". That is, you can use it when being offered something (typically food or a drink) that you don&#;t want. It might be that you don&#;t want a refill of a drink, or want to politely decline to taste something that your host is offering you for the first time.

A: Vill du ha mer vin?
B: Nej tack, det är bra. (or) Det är bra, tack. (or) Tack, det är bra.

A: Jag tror jag tar lite glass. Vill du ha också?
B: Nej tack, det är bra.

It&#;s a useful phrase which may be used both in f

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