"Barret är grönt."
Translation:The needle is green.
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In Bulgarian a pine or spruce type of a tree is called a Bor ( spelled Бор, of course)
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Does ett barr only refer to the needles of coniferous trees or can it also refer to a sewing needle?
Exactly!
Just FYI: Lots of Swedes have problems with the pronunciation of "sew" (as if sewing machine was a nickname for an American lawyer :)).
Sew is pronounced the same as "so". That's why costumer I knew called his business "The Old Sew and Sew", a play on the mildly insulting phrase of someone being an old so and so, usually when more offensive words would be inappropriate or harsher than intended.
It must be even more confusing when a person who sews is called a sewer, pronounced the same as sower (someone planting grain, etc.), and a waste water system also called a sewer, pronounced the same as your very amusing lawyer example above.
It can only mean a needle on a tree. But "barr" also has another meaning - a kind of tool for gymnastics.
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In Swedish this is separated by "Ett barr" - "A (pine) needle" and "En barr" - "a set of parallel bars".
what about the quills on a hedgehog? what word is used in swedish for them?
The pronunciation of "barret" is wrong. Or rather: the "a"-sound. There are two types of "a" in Swedish, one "long and light" and one "short and dark". She is using the light one here, although it should be the dark one (formed further back in the mouth)
I cannot hear the difference between barret and badet. The computer voice does not roll her -r's.
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Is there any reason "thorn" isn't accepted? Also, can barr refer to any botanical needles? Like the ones on roses or goat head thorns, not just on trees?