"De hjälper mannen"

Translation: They help the man

[Exochroma]

I should hope so, considering he's dying...

[alexwooty]

So it's a silent 'h' at the start of hjälper, right?

[Anrui]

Yes, it is silent.

[Zmrzlina]

In addition to the answer you got by Anrui, H is silent in the word-initial combination hj-.

[Sjodni]

I thought help was hjälp..., when does it become hjälper?

[Lundgren8]

’Help’ as a noun is ’hjälp’ (-en).

• Jag erbjöd honom hjälp. (I offered him help.)

’Help’ as a verb is ’hjälpa’ (-te, -t)

• Jag hjälpte honom. (I helped him.)

’Hjälper’ is the present tense of the verb ’hjälpa’.

[anapicass]

why do I hear the word 'de' as 'dom'?

[schyrsivochter]

Because it is always pronounced thus.

[ajpthree]

thanks! I don't know why I thought it was pronounced more like it is in danish. btw are you a native swedish speaker? :D

[schyrsivochter]

No, German, but I think I’m pretty good at Swedish pronunciation and grammar, though I’m lacking vocabulary.

[KaelanMcAl]

Are you trying to learning every single language they offer on here? Even if not, that gigantic list of languages is astonishing, same thing with that streak.

[Ehsan.1984]

H is not pronounced here, yes?

[dddanilo]

With the combination hj not

[KamranWali]

This is an off-topic comment. Is the website yelp have any connection to the word "hjälper". Both sounds really similar. Just curious.