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>Many native French speakers use 'actually' when they mean 'currently' because of the 'actuellement' false-cognate. It's also a false friend in German: "aktuel
by tauchunfall 7y ago
>Many native French speakers use 'actually' when they mean 'currently' because of the 'actuellement' false-cognate.
It's also a false friend in German: "aktuell". Wiktionary states that the Swedish word is based on French or German [0]
"From French actuel, perhaps via German aktuell, from Late Latin actuālis, from Latin āctus + -ālis."
[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aktuell#Swedish https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aktuell#Swedish