"The woman eats bread."

Translation: Kvinnan äter bröd.

[olgman]

Hi, why not "en kvinna äter bröd"?
thanks in advance.

[allvarliga]

Because then it would be "A woman eats bread" and not "THE woman eats bread".

[olgman]

yes, after few more questions I realized the same :) thank you!

[IzzyAndLizzieXx]

Thats what i thought. Great minds think alike

[Arxyll]

How does one pronounce bröd? Is it like the word "broad" in English?

[ThisTest1]

It would be like pronouncing "broad" in English if the <oa> was pronounced as it was in "road".

[nino981]

but it is pronounced as it is in road

[AlexTiefling]

No it's not. 'Road' and 'rode' are pronounced the same; 'broad' rhymes with fraud, Maud, laud, and gnawed (and in non-rhotic accents, with sword, lord, and ward).

[Bella63250]

Yes

[delligatta]

How come I say 'Kvinnan' instead of 'Kvinnen'?

[fest1nger]

Kvinna = woman
En kvinna = a woman
Kvinnan = the woman
To make the definitive case of a noun (the woman), you just take the article 'en' (or 'ett') and affix it to the noun, and you remove its 'a' if the noun ends in a vowel. So instead of having 'kvinnaen', you end up having 'kvinnan'

[cesrafa]

That is a good question! they don't mention the rules

[ThomJB]

Why not: 'Kvinnan ater ett brod?"

[samulili]

That would be The woman eats a bread (for example one entire loaf or slice of bread).

[ThomJB]

Maybe she was hungry...

[1BadJoke]

Can someone please help me. When do I use ater instead of ette

[mrrazz]

Äter = eat(s) / is eating
Äta = to eat

[darlamoon]

The en makes it wrong for some resaon

[chloethewolfy]

Its wrong because the answer in English is The woman eats bread and en means a/an and that would be A woman eats bread but its asking for THE woman eats bread and the woman in Swedish is Kvinnan. Sorry if I dont make sense I'm bad at explaining things

[maga_gh]

Tips on how to pronounce Kvinnan? I think I dwell to much trying to pronounce the KV, the speaker is fast

[LukNatu]

Why there is not ett bröd but just bröd. Thanks.

[FidanTozak]

Hiii