"The beer and the coffee"

Translation: Ölet och kaffet

[tomovertons]

So is the beer both ölet and ölen? I've heard ölen before this and just looked it up on wiktionary which says both are okay

[Zmrzlina]

"öl" has a slightly different meaning depending on grammatical gender.

En öl = a beer, as in a glass of beer.

Ett öl = a kind of beer, as in dark/light beer (quality) or Staropramen/Heineken (brand of beer).

[serycjon]

Jag tycker om ett öl från Plzeñ! Et jag tycker om glassen. ;-)

[lariwestside]

Is "ölen" ever correct? I got this question in multiple choice format and picked both "ölen" and "ölet" ("och kaffet" completed both options) and was marked wrong, and that only "ölet" is correct. But since it's not even a full sentence and there's no context, I'm wondering why we can't assume it's a glass of beer.

Edit: Never mind, just saw the one option I picked says "ölen är kaffet". I always skip the small words!

[AikateriniSt]

En öl = A beer
Ölen = The beer as in the specific glass of beer
Ölet = The beer as in the brand of beer and beer in general

[Dragonosis]

I thought I read "The bear and the coffee"... whoops

[David458601]

metoo

[Esilenc]

Just did the same mistake !

[Matthias350056]

How mamy people misread this as the bear?

[OlaviMurto]

I incorrectly read "the bear" and automatically translated it to "björnen"

[Eleni713371]

Ha, ha, saw the bear there and wrote 'björnen etc.'

[byrne.aaron11]

Is there a difference between kaffe and fika?

[Sjoc]

Kaffe refers to coffee. Fika is the act of having tea/coffee with crackers, cookies or a dessert. Fika can be had with multiple people or by oneself.

[Ella415829]

Yes he is drinking the beer!

[Ashybuttons]

What an interesting combination.