Tom gick på det.

Sentence Discussions Swedish
#1
English Translation

Tom bought it.

Bought it? I would have guessed went for it. Little help please

#2

I find it’s a good, idiomatic translation. “Tom gick på alla Marys lögner.”

That would be something like gick in för det or gav sig på det. “Tom gick in för det med stor beslutsamhet.”

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#3
English Translation

Tom bought it.

i dont understand ,why not ‘köpt’?’

#4

You could also say “Tom köpte det”, with the same double meaning as in English.

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#5
English Translation

Tom bought it.

In this context, it is part of the phrasal verb “gå på”, which can mean “to fall for” (as in being deceived or tricked).

#6

Just to be sure:

  • this sentence does not talk of buying a car, for example?
  • instead, it means “to be fooled”? To “buy a lie”?

In German, there’s a similar expression to “att gå på det”:

“auf den Leim gehen”