"Vin är en dryck."

Translation: Wine is a beverage.

[sweetarchus]

I misheard that totally and thought it said Vi har en dryck - that's what I get for listening while pots and pans are rattling.

[RaneWallin]

I heard the same thing and was bummed to get it wrong

[David770995]

same here

[Keely957808]

Weirdly i got it correct writing vi har en dryck and they put the translation below as wine is a beverage.

[hazelles]

Is the är pronounced like "air" or "are"? I'm not sure what all the accents mean or how they affect the sounds of the vowels

[elsaebest]

It's pronounced "air".
//native swedish speaker

[PaulMathot]

To me the speaker clearly pronounces är as "are", and that confuses me.

Good to hear it is really pronounced "air".

Tack sä mycket :-)

(@hazelles: good question! I don't understand why it was downvoted)

[markob_rock]

So its not (eer) ? Like England, the first sound you make when you are reading that English word...?

[nightshadeniki]

Is the dr pronounced like a "v" or is that just the robot voice?

[Zmrzlina]

The voice speaks it a little fast, but it's actually a quite OK pronunciation. The /dr/ is there if you listen closely. (At least that's what I hear.)

[DogePamyuPamyu]

I looked it up on Forvo. It sounds like Drrrick would in English. The 'r' is a bit rolled and the 'D' is DEFINITELY audible. The speaker was from just outside Stockholm, so that shouldn't be too far off what is intended to be taught here.

[empyr3al]

The full sentence has the /dr/ sound, but I agree, pronunciation when highlighting the individual word does sound like a "v".

[nellychoo]

so är is /ɛr/ but here is sounds like /ar/. when does the pronunciation of /ä/ change? i guess it's related to following a consonant?

[ninady1980]

Yes, I think this is the first example I've heard where it sounds like /ar/ - all the others have sounded different so far.

[Lng52-._]

Drop down menu shows both "beverage" and "drink". Doesn't "drink" mean "drink"?

[devalanteriel]

The Swedish noun drink is a drink in the sense of e.g. a dry martini or some whisky.

dryck is a drink as in something drinkable.

[Lornephi]

"Wine is a drink" was acceptable for this in past. In English drink and beverages are synonums

[devalanteriel]

That never changed - it's still accepted.

[Harpandpiano]

I keep hearing "em" for en. Is that correct?

[exqeriment]

No. It's pronounced en, like it sounds.

[Ivan733648]

What is vin

[devalanteriel]

Wine.

[raeika6]

When we use ett and en for nouns? Does it have a rule?

[devalanteriel]

Have a look at my info post here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/26420394/Answers-to-some-common-questions-on-grammar-that-beginners-have

The gist of it is that you can learn some tendencies, but for the most part, you have to learn each as you go.