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- "Jeg skriver et brev."
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JasonFries2
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You can write a letter in pencil. To pen requires, well, a pen. They are similar but not the same.
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I really don't know why that sentence was given as an alternative translation (bad machine learning???) because et can't be translated as "one", only as "a/an". The correct word for the numeral one [1] is ett (for nouns of neuter gender).
As for the verb "to pen", that is a valid translation, but much less common than "writing/writes" and is a consequence of variations in English vocabulary.