"Den gula kammen är hennes."

Translation: The yellow comb is hers.

[kounsh]

Den means "the", kammen means "the comb" so there are two "the"s right? why are there two "the"s???

[HelenCarlsson]

It's called double defiteness and you can read about it here.

[JimNolt]

Would you please tell me why "gula" instead of "gul."

[HelenCarlsson]

It goes like this:
en kam är gul - en gul kam
kammen är gul - den gula kammen

[jarrettph]

It is gulA because it is definite, correct?

[HelenCarlsson]

Exactly!

[jarrettph]

Great! I'm slowly catching on... :)

[lisa_mari_]

If you wanted to write The yellow combs are hers, it would be:
Den gula kammarna är hennes?

[jarrettph]

De gula...

[HelenCarlsson]

"kam" with short a: http://sv.forvo.com/search-sv/kam/

[arranger01]

Why is it kammen with double m and not kamen? (duk....duken )

[HelenCarlsson]

The "a" in "kam" is short, so the strange thing is that there is only one "m" in "kam". (Compare to "duk" where the "u" is long.)

A noun can end with double "m", for example "damm" (dust) and "lamm" (lamb), but then there are corresponding versions with long "a", "dam" (lady) and "lam" (lame).

[gabruelsch]

how can we know the definitie of the adjective

[jarrettph]

If you mean whether it is en or ett, you can't, you just have to memorize each one. There is no set pattern unfortunately.

[Richard742371]

I'm a bit puzzled by the pronunciation of "gula". Is it g as in garden, or y as in yellow, or maybe even gy?