"En man läser en tidning."

Translation: A man reads a newspaper.

[minehermit]

this one is kinda hard beacause the words get blended together a bit.

[HannahLoga8]

So hard for starters

[alexbaaba11]

Wouldn't it be ett tidning instead of en?

[Berniebud]

No. "Tidning" is an 'En' noun. So it requires 'En'.

[craxmen]

"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".

[Zmrzlina]

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.

[BrokenDaNeko]

The "tidning" sounded like "kate-leen" so i got that wrong :(

[David7697]

Is it correct to say "A man is reading a newspaper" and "A man reads a newspaper"?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes.

[crystalcan551118]

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 :(

[FatumaAbdu1]

Hej

[JoakimWest1]

Shouldn't the correct translation be "A man is reading a newspaper."?

[mesvensson]

Either one works fine.

[MattSwedish18]

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. :')

[mesvensson]

Exactly as you say, "tidning" is a common gender word.

[Veralynna]

I feel it should be either "a" or "the"

[JelleSmedt]

Hi
What would "a man is reading a newspaper" be in Swedish? I'm a bit confused here.

[mesvensson]

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".

[Jae_Lejonet]

What would "the newspaper" be?

[mesvensson]

"tidningen"

[Darren753662]

Having trouble getting the vooce recognition component to work

[CristinaMa129738]

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!

[Super-Svensk]

En man means "a man." Män means "men" and is the plural form of man.

[Claudia264082]

When can you translate the verb as a present simple and when as a present continuous?

[crystalcan551118]

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

[AyoDAdesan]

Can en be the aswell as a?

[Carol041105]

Isn't " a man is reading" correct?

[ayman191893]

T

[Mod911712]

I put the correct answer, and it said it was incorrect??? The capitalisation was the correct one too so

[MinceraftG]

How do you say laser, is the a long like in razor or short like in as

[MinceraftG]

How do you pronounce laser, is the a long like in razor or short like in as?