"We eat the bright rice."
Translation:Vi spiser de lyse ris.
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Is "lyse ris" what English-speakers would call white rice, which is to say rice with the bran removed, or is this just an exercise in remembering an adjective and a noun that might not usually go together?
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Correct me if I am wrong, but there are some nouns that are always plural due to their "countless" consistency... like coffee, water or rice (several grains)
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That's true, but I saw "risen" sometimes, which might mean "one portion of rice" maybe, but I'm not sure...
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I think "ris" is singular and plural indefinite, "risen" is singular definite and "risene" is plural definite. But I think rice is not a measurable quantity and so it would not be appropriate to say "Den ris".
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In another lesson someone explained that "risene" is like "the rice grains", thus the plural.
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So if there is an adjective, the definite article has to go before the noun instead of after?
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It seems there is sometimes an "e" after the common singular adjective and sometimes not. I thought it was only for plurals?
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It happens when the related noun is definite. There is an "e" here because it's plural though, just in case that's why you are asking :)
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Bright rice??? Do they mean white rice by that? 'bright rice' doesn't make sense.
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Well, yes. It's commonly "hvide ris", but you can also say "lyse ris" if you like. Mostly to distinguish it from "brune ris".
