"Hendes sko er hvide."
Translation:Her shoes are white.
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Yes. "En sko", "to sko", "tre sko", "et par sko" (a pair of shoes).
There is a difference in declension when it's in definite form though: skoen, skoene.
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Or - wait - hvide is plural, so "hendes sko er hvide" means "her shoes are white" but "hendes sko er hvid" would be "her shoe is white"?
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No, the singular would take a singular adjective. Of course, who can tell in the spoken language, since one consonant pretty much sounds like another in Danish, when they decide to throw in a consonant or two. ;-)
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(Reply to Sam_Cat, since Duolingo doesn't allow for more replies) No, as MantisObscura said, "hendes sko er hvid" is singular and "hendes sko er hvide" is plural.
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So, translating from DK --> EN, both singular and plural should be accepted?
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I had the same problem. The program doesn't know that "sko" can be singularis and pluralis... Hvid and hvide makes sense
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But why? 'sko' could be singular, and therefore 'hvid' could've been right, or am I overlooking something?
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When I first read this I thought it said "Hendes sorte er hvide," meaning "her black are white" and I was really confused! :P
