"I think he gave me the wrong plate."

Translation: Jag tror han gav mig fel tallrik.

[RikSha]

Why is 'den fela tallriken' incorrect?

[HelenCarlsson]

Very good question! "Fel" cannot be conjugated.

There is another word "felaktig" you can use: "den felaktiga tallriken".

[RikSha]

Tack så mycket! Would it still be correct to say 'en fel tallrik'?

[HelenCarlsson]

It makes my ears hurt, but you can find lots of example of "en fel" + noun on the internet. I would say "en felaktig tallrik".

[Helmut83]

Could we consider "fel" an irregular adjective because of this? Are there other adjectives that cannot be conjugated?

[PavelSedlk1]

Bra comes to my mind.

[RikSha]

Oddly enough, 'den felaktiga tallriken' was not accepted, but I've reported it.

[HelenCarlsson]

Oops, actually I think it is like this:

Han gav mig fel tallrik = He should have given me another plate
Han gav mig en felaktig talllrik = He gave me a defective plate

[RikSha]

Ok, I will try to persuade my mind to accept 'fel tallrik' without any articles ;)

[andjan]

Yeah, I also think that felaktig should only be used to describe something defective.

[StephenWat314748]

What does conjugated mean?

[limara.deeb]

'the wrong plate' doesn't this mean ' fel tallriken'??

[HelenCarlsson]

Note that the adjective "fel" cannot be conjugated.

"The wrong" + singular indefinite noun is just "fel" + singular indefinite noun in Swedish, so it must be "fel tallrik".

Another example:
the wrong road = fel väg

"The right" however is "rätt" or "den rätta", so there are two possibilities:
the right road = rätt väg
the right road = den rätta vägen

[soundspirit]

Great explanations here and above. So, is there a way to distinguish between "the wrong plate" and "a wrong plate" in Swedish, or is this something you figure out contextually? Tack!

[AmbassadorTigger]

Is it really wrong to use tycka here? Also, I thought att would be required here. Am I just crazy or thinking about something else?

[Arnauti]

Yes, tycka means 'to have an opinion', so that's not a good fit in the context with the plate. You want to say that you believe he gave you the wrong plate, so it's tror.
att isn't required, either way works.

[AmbassadorTigger]

But are there other cases where att is required? Or is it like English where that can pretty much always be dropped?

[boDjwyEj]

Actually my answer "Jag tror att han gav mig fel tallrik" was rejected and I don't really understand why. Not colloquial enough?

[Annette503485]

I got exactly the same answer like you and it was accepted.

[Lady_Galad]

Why is it "tror" here instead of "tänka"? I don't really understand when to use one ore the other

[PavelSedlk1]

Tänka is the word for the process of thinking, for example
I'm thinking about her. Jag tänker på henne.