"Kvinna"

Translation: Woman

[DrMicroChem]

Is it possible that the word, queen, originated from kvinna?

[Zmrzlina]

Just common etymology. :)

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/queen#English

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kvinna#Swedish

[talideon]

No quite, though they do share a common origin.

[ororotchalla]

random question, but what is Swedish in Swedish

[rhblake]

• Swedish (adjective) = svensk. Han är svensk (He is Swedish).
• Swedish [language] (noun) = svenska. Han talar svenska (He speaks Swedish)

Note that svenska can also be a noun meaning "Swedish woman", but I don't recommend using it in that sense since it's not used much these days and it sounds a bit old-fashioned and will just make things more confusing for you.

[ororotchalla]

thanks :)

[OGkushking]

how do yo pronounce this work it is hardly audible

[rhblake]

This sample is clearer: http://www.forvo.com/word/kvinna/#sv

[Nemesis_NaR]

Cool link, thank you :-)

[weebu]

How do you pronounce the "kv"
It is impossible for me

[Tebasile98]

Like Kv.... there is really no other way. You can try saying kf if that may be easier for you, it sounds similar enough.

[6lesley4]

It is not usual to capitalize common nouns in Englis unless they start a sentence. Your exercises here require capitals to be used for some reason.

[devalanteriel]

They are not supposed to; it's Duolingo acting up... we'd never require that for no reason, it makes no sense to.

[xuyeongyeong711]

The pronunciation of the letter ä in Slovakia is simply "e" ("eh"), in Sweden apparently like "a" ("ah") and in German something in between

[Nohaila1]

Please someone tell me how i should say it like this? >>>Klinna?

[Anass90]

Here: http://forvo.com/word/kvinna/#fo

[Latier]

I just can't figure out whether this should be pronounced as "kvinna" with a v as in "eve" of as a w like in "wine" or something in between. Can anyone please help me out here?

[devalanteriel]

The Swedish v is essentially always pronounced as the v in e.g. "eve" or "victory".

[Latier]

Thanks a lot!

[otakuNes]

I think it had to be women not female

[devalanteriel]

"woman" is fine - in fact, it's the default answer. But "women" is the plural form so that's not accepted.

[deactivated user]

Does "v" pronounced in Kvinna?? I hear something like kinna.

[devalanteriel]

Yes, it's pronounced.

[stacy300243]

Kvinna. When is it woman or the woman

[devalanteriel]

• kvinna = woman
• kvinnan = the woman

[teo_sillyboy]

Ok i did typo in my "kvinna". I did write "kvina" and it shows me that it is ok.
Why?

[mistersiree]

Duolingo accepts some typos

[Anastasia714554]

When do i use en kvinna or kvinnan?

[devalanteriel]

• en kvinna = a woman
• kvinnan = the woman

[MerryBeninato]

the audio is not clearly spoken. I listened to it 4 times and it sounded like flicka. Very frustrating

[PimOverdui]

Sometimes Kvinna woman and sometimes Lady. Why?

[devalanteriel]

We accept "lady" as well since some people or regions do use that as a synonym with "woman". But it's not our intention that this be shown to users. The main translation should absolutely be "woman". The Swedish word for the standard meaning of "lady" is dam.

[fL0770809]

My Micro does not work. Any hint what permissions are required?

[devalanteriel]

Sorry, what do you mean?