"Det er en løve."
Translation:That is a lion.
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I asked a dane about it and she said that "this is a lion" is also correct. 'Det' can means both things.
However, duolingo is probably suggesting 'that is a lion' as the correct form because you wouldn't be able to say 'this is a lion' close to a lion that has a notorious fame of eating people (as we learn in many exercises) :P
'This is a lion' would either be 'Dette er en løve' or 'Det her er en løve' (more colloquial). Det only means 'it' or 'that'
An important note on this that I feel needs to be heard:
"Dine løver" are what you keep in your basement den to throw your unwanted guests to. More than one is okay here.
"Din lover" kisses you goodnight before going to bed. There had better be only one of these.
Do NOT confuse the two in any way, or you will be having a bad time.
In spoken Danish it is really common to not pronounce every individual letter clearly, therefore in spoken Danish "det" will often sound like "deh" or "med" will often sound like "meh", just to give a couple examples
If we're saying "is IT a lion," wouldn't we use "et" instead of "en"? Or "løven/løvet"? I don't understand Danish neuter nouns at all lol
The noun "løve" takes "en". "en løve" then is "a lion", while "løven" would be "THE lion." You just have to learn which take "en" and which take "et".
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Although you need to just memorize when to use "en" and when to use "et", a basic rule you can use is "et" is typically used for inanimate things, objects.
"This is a lion" would be "denne er en løve/det er er en løve", here you can only translate it to "that is" or "it is"
I type the answer in correctly yet it always came back with typing in English. Had to put crap in yo move on and loose a heart.
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If I say this at at full speed (and most other things at full speed) Duolingo says I'm wrong. If I say this one word at a time very carefully, Duolingo says I'm wrong (though with most other things, Duolingo will say I'm right if I say it slowly).
I am pronouncing 'løve' like 'Lou' in English. Maybe I'm missing a slight nuance.
Is there a trick to saying this the way Duolingo wants? Do natives always ace pronunciation according to Duolingo? I just destroyed four hearts trying to say this the way Duolingo wants me to.