Topic: Swedish

"Barnens hundar"

Translation:The children's dogs

November 21, 2014

11 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Deleinee

    How is one to distinguish in this sentence if it is child or children?

    November 21, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/mannekaeng

      Barnets - The child's

      Barnens - The children's

      November 21, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/annika_a

        Barnets hundar. = The child's dogs.

        Barnens hundar. = The children's dogs.

        November 21, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/whales_in_veins

          Why barneNs? Isn't "barn" an ett-word?

          December 31, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/nailtrail

            Barn is indeed an ett word, and therefore 'the child' is barnet. Also, since it ends in a consonant, the plural is also barn and the plural definite is barnen.

            January 25, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/JoyBjornvi

              The kid's are a slang word - means goats?

              June 10, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/devalanteriel
              Mod
              • 2037

              "kid" is a very common word for "child" in English, hardly slang.

              April 21, 2019
              https://www.duolingo.com/JordanFamily3

                I answered "The child's dogs." and it was counted wrong. The correct answer given was "The kids' dogs."

                August 23, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/SixthSea

                  Barnets is the child's, barnens is the children's

                  October 15, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Suzanne124758
                  • 139

                  No sound

                  April 21, 2019
                  https://www.duolingo.com/devalanteriel
                  Mod
                  • 2037

                  It's working for me, so hopefully that's just a temporary hiccup.

                  April 21, 2019

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