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Topic: Danish

"An orange is a fruit."

Translation:En appelsin er en frugt.

4 years ago

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/trollhuntr
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So can it be assumed that 'the orange' is 'appelsinen'?

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/kernkin
kernkin
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Yep.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/III3uster
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"orange" the fruit is "appelsin"? That's not confusing...

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Thidrekr
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In Dutch, it's "sinaasappel." You get used to it.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/oppikoppi
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Or appelsien...

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/JepJep92
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lol I don't get why you got so many down votes for "appelsien"... do people not like Flanders/Limburg? (maybe don't answer that)

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/oppikoppi
oppikoppi
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Apparently we don't speak Dutch.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Deniss945454
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why do we use "ET æble" and "EN appelsin"?

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Joseph493375
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Very good observation

1 year ago
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