"Hösten är din årstid."

Translation: The fall is your season.

[dun_ny]

I keep writing horse instead of fall <_>

[Silsool]

The horse is your season? XD

[portu-maskon]

Hästen

[WildSage]

i did the same thing.

[Foxx--]

Why not just say "Fall is your season"? Using the definite article seems a bit strange in English.

[lord_zulo]

Well, both sentances are correct and equivalent:

"Hösten är din årstid", "Höst är din årstid"...I would personally use the former sentance.

[Sninguistics]

They mean as an English translation. They would like 'fall/autumn is your season' to be an acceptable translation for hösten är..., and I agree.

[potatoeglot]

I read from an earlier comment that adding the definite article would give an "idiomatic" feel. I think it's meant to make it sound metaphoric (though I'm just guessing) :)

[myshkin_]

I thought there was a mistake here as I couldn't find Autumn anywhere...

[Cogwrite]

Still get thrown on the multiple choice ones that have 'fall' as opposed to 'Autumn' /)_-

[amvoie]

What does this mean?

[dxrsam]

You're a worm that eats dead leaves, amid other creatures, as a gsoieoe that consumes snow, a qhqiopi that feeds on flower buds, and a reereore that thrives in sunlight.

[IfankaH]

Årstid=year's-time

[Uppsala18]

yes that one is easy for me, in Dutch it is jaargetijde meaning time of the year

[LauraKrani]

Same in Estonian: aastaaeg (aasta = year, aeg = time). :)

[kraeuterhexchen]

In German as well!
Jahreszeit - Time of the year

[Cali343096]

But seeing / hearing årstid some other German word pops up in my mind..every time..can't help it :-) ( I think "kick in the butt" would be the English equivalent)

[kraeuterhexchen]

Omg I'm not the only one who thought of this?? :D

[Kolnar]

As someone born in November, I tend to agree. Thanks Duo!

[Damirmmmm]

Is "En arstid" only used for the 4 seasons in a year, and not for any other meaning of "season" ??

[JoakimEk]

Only the four.
Most other meanings of "a season" is "en säsong".

[PogoPaters]

Autumn is a season. Fall is primarily a verb. "The leaves fall in the Autumn". Please provide Autumn as an option

[devalanteriel]

We accept autumn and fall equally, but we cannot control what options you are given - the system decides that automatically.

[alexbfree]

The platform should be inproved to let english specify if they are British or American english speakers

[Super-Svensk]

That is a Duolingo-wide suggestion that we course contributors have no control over, so there's nothing we can do about that now.

[bynny2015]

My husband and I are both native English speakers (US). We both use fall more often than autumn.

[PRandall1632]

Please put Autumn as an option, "Fall" is American, in British English we wouldn't use "Fall".

[devalanteriel]

They're both accepted, but the system chooses the word tiles and options on its own, so we can't affect that.

[DerpLeTroll]

Is there any difference between hasten and hösten pronunciation?

[myshkin_]

Yes, pronunciation of ö and ä are different.

[jaggedSpire]

The pronunciations for häst and höst on forvo differ:
häst: https://sv.forvo.com/word/h%C3%A4st/
höst: https://sv.forvo.com/word/h%C3%B6st/

but I'm having difficulty picking up a difference between
hästen: https://sv.forvo.com/word/h%C3%A4sten/
hösten: https://sv.forvo.com/word/h%C3%B6sten/

the -ar and -arna forms for both sound differently to my ear, though.

[Ayla209332]

The plural of årstid?

[NatalieBoa3]

årstider

[SunnySundquist]

So, if vita årstid is correct, why is it not dina årstid.

[devalanteriel]

Definite vs indefinite:

• en vit årstid
• den vita årstiden

Same with din and dina.

[pa1975]

"The autumn is your season" should be also included

[devalanteriel]

That's also accepted.

[wombatvvv]

the only country in the world that uses, "fall" is the U.S. Maybe this should be updated to, "autumn" which is the original and more popular way to say it?

[devalanteriel]

"fall", though mostly used in the US today, actually comes from England and was once very common there as well. But either way, the course is aimed specifically at US English, with other major variations such as UK English also being accepted. Hence, "fall" is the default and "autumn" is also accepted. Please refer to the many other comments on this, as well as the FAQ: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/20444477/FAQ-for-the-Swedish-course

[Brymandas]

Is this similar to saying "the fall is your favorite season"? I guess I'm not sure that I would ever use the actual English translation in regular speech so I'm wondering if this is a common phrase in swedish and what the 'meaning' of it is.

[devalanteriel]

No, it's honestly a weird phrase to translate and definitely not something you'll hear often in Swedish. I can't imagine us keeping it for the next tree.

[chaz.smith]

I agree that they need to fix the English translation to be "Fall is your season" instead. Having the definite article "the" makes it sound like unnatural English.

[Chrisbilljohn]

"Autumn is your time of year" would be the correct translation in British English...