"The men do not eat the sandwiches."

Translation: Männen äter inte smörgåsarna.

[RosieTails]

...men should ALWAYS eat sandwiches.

[ElaVillama]

SANDVICH MAKE ME STROOOONG!

[AdamHutcheson1]

Smörgasårna is such a long word! It's difficult to remember and even type.

[Zmrzlina]

Well, "the sandwiches" is even longer for expressing the same thing. :p

[canamutoni]

Yeah!!!

[David7697]

Hi.
Why is the definite plural of man, männen? I would expect, from the description given in the notes, that it would be something like mäna or männa.

[Zmrzlina]

Well, just the way it is, I suppose; "män" is an irregular noun.

[David7697]

In the Swedish language, adding the definite suffix to a words is very unintuitive for me. Is there a way to become accustomed to it quickly or is it just practice? Do Swedes ever stop after inte (in this example) and think if they'll add the -na suffix or something?

[Zmrzlina]

No, it's perfectly clear to us. With time, practice and patience, it'll stick!

[David7697]

Thanks. 1 lingot.

[Wild_Halibut]

The tips for this lesson say that any word with the stress on the last syllable takes the -er plural but smörgåsar uses -ar. Is this just an exception?

[tirthangosalia]

why not mannerna ?