"De äter frukt."

Translation: They eat fruit.

[BillofKempsey]

I hear "don" for "de". Is the audio correct?

[Anrui]

The audio is correct, but it actually says "Dom", not "don"

[BillofKempsey]

Thank you

[SavinThePaladin]

I was told by a swedish friends that theres 3 ways to use this word. De, dem, and Dom and he said that the De spelling is never pronounced like Dom. It should be pronounced as deh.

[Dr.Rolex]

I'm a native Swede and I would write this as "Dom äter frukt". I believe most Swedes "cheat" and use "dom" instead of "de" or "dem" since the grammatical rules for "de" and "dem" can be a bit confusing and both are pronounced as "dom".

[Zmrzlina]

I wouldn't say most Swedes use "dom" instead of de or dem, but some do. Anyways it's a good easy way out if you're unsure of whether it's de or dem.

[Dmitry_Mop]

Interesting :)

[katymarthag]

You can say 'fruit' in English as a plural - For example 'a bowl of fruit' makes far more sense than 'a bowl of fruits'

[Johan923282]

a bowl of fruits would only be used if there were multiple different types of fruit.

[Austin211825]

De is they as subject and Dem is they as object I think. Dom can be either. All three are pronounced the same

[KaidaAurora]

Expect that Swedish speaking Finns pronounce de as di.

[Johan923282]

Probably because they all have roots in ancient Norse in Scandinavia. In Finnish, it is probably the same word but pronounced "di".

[Skrublord]

So in English, "fruit" in plural form is no different than singular form, at least under most circumstances. So what is the plural form of "frukt"? Or is it also not different?

[4oYBIxtO]

If you see it collectively, you say frukt, if you see a number of individual fruits, you say frukter

[MoseVanKey]

In the fast version of the sentence it really sounds like hon

[Johan923282]

it is pronounced "dom" so it can sound different