"Hundene spiser ikke fuglene."

Translation: The dogs are not eating the birds.

[ScoutDawson]

Anyone else reaching the end of the first 'stage' of Norwegian and finding themselves pleasantly amazed that they're actually LEARNING something?? I've tried and failed for so long to learn another language. This is working for me really well! :D Good luck everyone!

[Deliciae]

Keep it up! :)

[treearth06]

Yes, I am. Good luck to you as well

[a-muktar]

I was pleasantly amazed too! I never expected it to be so simple and straightforward!

[cunningwigeon]

I found the pronunciation difficult for "hundene"

[grydolva]

It's a case of suppressing.. The d goes silent into the n, and the middle e almost disappears as well. There is no difference in pronouncing hundene og hunnene (dogs and females)

[louisalau]

Just read an article that in some dialects the d is silence, hope it helps.

[Fikuni]

Am i the only one who's just happy that the dogs are not eating the birds?

[yadwinder_gadari]

How to not confuse this sentence with "The dogs don't eat the birds" ?

[Deliciae]

By context.

[ElissaFanz]

But why did it mark it wrong for me?

[gogothegreat]

I think that's because in English, when you want to state a known fact like that one, you should not use the definite article. Instead, you would say "Dogs don't eat birds". So, in my opinion there's no ambiguity in this sentence – it can only be translated as: "The dogs are not eating the birds."

[yadwinder_gadari]

Okay

[Jess.Schoolcraft]

I am too! I am retaining what I'm learning as well. Salut, everyone!