"Renen dricker mjölk."
Translation:The reindeer is drinking milk.
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En ren dricker glögg - renen dricker glögg
Flera renar dricker glögg - renarna dricker glögg
Then, their noses will turn red: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqOJRpzlh3w
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It sounds like she's pronouncing renen as "ri-en-en". Is this the proper way to pronounce it, or is there some issue with the TTS?
In a lot of Swedish accents, the long-"e" is a bit diphthongy, starting farther back in the mouth and sliding into the long-"e" spot. Kinda like if you reversed the direction of the English long "a" (as in "wade") diphthong. So you're not completely wrong, but the starting point isn't as high in the mouth as an "i".
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I am not sure, your description is correct... To my ears the Swedish long E sounds very much like a German "er", not like in words such as "Länder" (short vowel!), but like the pronoun "er" (Swedish: han), and also like Danish, such as "mere", though the Swedish vowel (diphthong) is longer than the Danish one.
So, actually, the starting point is not further back in the mouth, but by contrast, more in the front part of the mouth, sliding further back!
For instance: "Greta" sounds very much like "Greeata" (of course not the English sounds which would be completely misleading, but as if this were Danish or German).
Essentially, the same phenomenon as with "å". "två" actually sounds like "tvåa", perhaps not as spoken by all Swedes, but most likely in Stockholm, yes.
My two cents :-)
Hjort = Hart (as often used in pub names in the UK, like The White Hart)
Embedded links don't seem to work on mobile, so it's better to write them out. It's https://www.duolingo.com/comment/5954508
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I made a comment about this in a different thread. Either this is a bad audio example OR Swedish does not pronounce p, t, k at the end of words (or without releasing the closure of a plosive).
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How do i know it is supposed to be
"The reindeer drinks milk" Instead of "The reindeer drink milk"
Am i missing a word that makes it so? Thanks in advance!!!
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If it's on the links that might be my issue. I'll have to log into a desktop to view it. For some reason it errors out for me. :/
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Oh so it's singular and that's why it's drinks and not drink? Sorry for the question I'm just trying to make sure I understand before I progress further
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Ahhh Thank you!!!! I got plural lesson coming up so I'm sure I'll get a better grasp of this. Cheers