to play an instrument as companion

14:29 Dec 10, 2008
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English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
English term or phrase: to play an instrument as companion
This sentence is in a presentation of a person in an internal newsletter. She plays the guitar and tells that some 10 years ago she "played the guitar as a companion and stopped as she quit school"
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Sweden
Local time: 14:20


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4 +1ackompanjera
myrwad
3kopma
Tania McConaghy


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ackompanjera


Explanation:
Spela tillsammans med andra


    Reference: http://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/ackompanjera
myrwad
Sweden
Local time: 14:20
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Tusen tack för hjälpen!


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agree  Jessica Andersson
1 hr
  -> Tack!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
kopma


Explanation:
"att kompa" är att ackompanjera
vanligt att man använder ordet kompa, mindre formellt än ackomanjera

Example sentence(s):
  • Jag brukar kompa henne på gitarr
  • Han kompade mig på piano

    Reference: http://www.musikskolan.se/butiken/vmchk/kompa-enkelt-pa-gita...
    Reference: http://www.ukulelesolen.se/pdf/att_kompa_i_4-takt.pdf
Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 14:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Tusen tack för hjälpen!

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