Topic: Swedish

"The man has a blue suit."

Translation:Mannen har en blå kostym.

November 22, 2014

14 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/javakaffe

    how do you know when to use blå or blått?

    November 22, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/Zmrzlina
    Mod

      Blå is for en-words, and blått is for ett-words.

      November 22, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/mattheworb

        and blåa is for pleurals?

        November 26, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/Zmrzlina
        Mod

          Yeah. :)

          November 26, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/mattheworb

            thank you :)

            November 26, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/danielmonteiro16

              You can also use “blå” as plural

              April 3, 2015
              https://www.duolingo.com/javakaffe

                Okej, tack.

                November 22, 2014
                https://www.duolingo.com/Gustafsson3

                  I used passa instead of kostym and it suggested the alternate word

                  April 27, 2015
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Arnauti
                  • 836

                  passa is the verb, like in 'The dress suits you' Klänningen passar dig.

                  April 27, 2015
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Cathal9
                  • 1369

                  if it is en blå kostym then is it en svart kostym rather than en svarta kostym? All rather confusing!

                  December 15, 2015
                  https://www.duolingo.com/SebastianK9732

                    It is indeed.

                    April 14, 2016
                    https://www.duolingo.com/amber_jin
                    Plus

                      en bla kostym but en svarta ankan? is it because of "ankan" not "anka"?

                      September 4, 2016
                      https://www.duolingo.com/RatSumatra

                        From what I gather, svarta is the plural form of black. So ankan ( ducks ) would be plural svarta. Anka singular would be svart. Please correct if i am confused.

                        February 9, 2019
                        https://www.duolingo.com/Seeheer
                        • 24

                        Dead right. You're not confused

                        March 5, 2019
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