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- "Hun har gaflen i skabet."
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Final d, and sometimes final t, or d between vowels, sound very much like L, at least to us non-native speakers. More technically, the final d and t are unreleased and lateralized. The tip of the tongue touches pretty much the same spot for t, d, and L, and if the sides of the tongue are relaxed a bit, it will sound like an L.
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Skab is a collective term for any larger-sized pieces of furniture that often have multiple compartments and doors and/or drawers that open to the front side. Fitting English translations are "wardrobe", "cupboard", "cabinet", and maybe "closet", depending on how generous you are with the definition.
Here it's most likely a cupboard.
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It must be the special, long, three-pronged meat fork, but why isn't it kept in the drawer?
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So it's: en gaffel / gaflen. And not gaffelen? I've not seen a singular indefinite remove a letter to form the singular definite. I've only seen this in exceptions when it becomes plural, i.e. en kartoffel / kartofler.