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"A man reads a newspapers" Should be accepted as a typo in this case (it was obviously meant correctly because of the 'a'). Oddly my android keyboard always wants to replace "newspaper" with "newspapers".
This is not something us contributors can fix. As a general rule, Duolingo will reject typos that change the meaning of a word, even if it is just one letter. Many a/an typos are rejected for this reason, for example.
Is it correct to say "A man is reading a newspaper" and "A man reads a newspaper"?
but why then at some examples, it says its incorrect? like in this one... they gave me red one because i wrote is reading! (and it happened before, like there is some silent rule when the verbs are magically both, and when only -s or -ing :(
Why's it we say "en tidning" instead of "ett tidning"? I know the common and neuter noun rule, but it's kinda hard. Sorry for bringing it up one more time. :')
Hi What would "a man is reading a newspaper" be in Swedish? I'm a bit confused here.
That would also be "En man läser en tidning."
Swedish has only one present tense. Both "I read" and "I am reading" are "jag läser".
So what is the difference betwen män and man. En man means a man , and , en män means a man. I don't get it please help!
En man means "a man." Män means "men" and is the plural form of man.
When can you translate the verb as a present simple and when as a present continuous?
that is what i'm wondering also, because it happened on more than one occasion they said my answer is wrong, like on this one, because i used continuous. like there is some silent rule they don't explain... so frustrating
I put the correct answer, and it said it was incorrect??? The capitalisation was the correct one too so
How do you say laser, is the a long like in razor or short like in as
How do you pronounce laser, is the a long like in razor or short like in as?
It is pronounced somewhat like the "a" in the word "trap." If you need more help for pronunciations, for any language that is, I recommend forvo.com. Native speakers actually pronounce the word, and pretty much any word you need will be on there.
Also, the Stockholm accent is really heavy on all of these "läser"-sentences. The "ä" is not really pronounced like that, outside of Stockholm. But in some Stockholm dialects, the "ä" is pronounced like "e". Like in this case.
What would be the difference between reads a newspaper and reading a newspaper?
As a regular swede and without a phd in linguistics, I'd say: There is no difference. The only way I can think of which would emphasize the ongoing action is using the words "håller på att" before the action. This literally means that you are "holding on to" doing some action. But the significance is that you're in the middle of the action. Eg:
Jag håller på att läsa en tidning = I am holding on to read a newspaper = I am in the middle of reading a newspaper / The reading of the newspaper is ongoing.
It is claimed that there is no rule to this. I am Swedish and don't know of any rule. So it is likely so that you just have to learn for every word if it is "en" or "ett". Sorry.
En tidning Ett magasin Ett nyhetsbrev En journal
A man is reading a newspaper, why is it wrong. When do we say reading and reads
