"Vi måste tillverka fler bilar."

Translation: We must produce more cars.

[CalliVonMampf]

i tried to translate with "several cars" but that was wrong. so there is obviously a difference between mer/fler and flera/fler ?!

[RikSha]

I tend to use 'flera' and 'mera', whereas the course seems to use 'fler' and 'mer'. Are the shorter forms more common nowadays?

[Zmrzlina]

They're quite common in spoken or informal Swedish, but official publications and newspapers use fler and mer.

[RikSha]

Det du sa(de) var överraskande - Jag sku(lle) ha gissat, att längre ord är mer(a) officiella :)

[Zmrzlina]

Not always it seems. :) Skulle is always skulle, btw.

[RikSha]

Int(e) i Finland, på finlandssvenska :) Men jag försöker komma ihåg att inte använda 'sku' i Sverige.

[Zmrzlina]

Oh, alright. Well, it's never written sku AFAIK.

[nordist]

Man kan se "sku" i finlandssvenskan, speciellt i friare former, t.ex. Facebook, dikter...

[berkeson]

does "mer" work?

[historicbruno]

I think "fler" is restricted to things that are countable, like cars. "mer" is for amounts, like "Jag behöver mer öl."

[DavidHedge9]

This discussion is interesting. I had always thought that flera was several and fler was more, and I came here to find out the difference between fler and mer. I had never known that fler is just a short form of flera...

[Miles270588b]

Tangent off this: how do Swedes refer to cars by brand? (Probably also applies to other brands turned into nouns). Mainly gender, definite article, and pluralizing.
Ex: 'en' eller 'ett' Koenigsegg?
Saaben? Saabet? Annan?
Volvoar? Etc.