"Djuren äter kött."

Translation: The animals are eating meat.

[Rhythmialex]

Made a mistake for "the animalS".

Hope I am the last one need this:

• djuret: the animal
• djuren: the animals

[mokane3562]

So then what would "animals" be?

[Zmrzlina]

Djur.

[OhBogy]

and animal would be also djur?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes, the word itself is the same in the indefinite singular and plural.

[zamlet]

Just like in English! One deer, two deer. (Yes, I know "djur" means "animal", but I suspect it's related to the English word "deer".)

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

@zamlet, yes it is. Curiously the German cognate "Tier" plurals as "Tiere", hmm oddity abound.

[OhBogy]

tack!

[Paula.vii]

Djur

[bcrm50]

I wrote "the animals eat shit" while not paying attention.

[GrowingViolet]

As a vegetarian, that false cognate is how I have been remembering the word for "meat."

[stephenpeckhover]

Not sure if I need to write this, but to open a window for the brain-farts I know occur this early in the Skill Tree: the "t" at the end of a Definite Singular ett-word (e.g., djuret, huset, barnet) simply turns into an n to make the Definite Plural of this ett-word....................Another wee tip: to get to grips with these crazy rules (at least it's not Polish, or Russian!), try looking at the word, and saying out loud (i.e. explain it to yourself) what the rule is that governs the Plural and Definite Plural of the word you see, when in said forms.

[Louiswu15]

I keep hearing kött as starting with a 'sh' sound. Is this correct are just an artifact of the TTL?

[Rhythmialex]

It is correct. /ɕœtː/ is the pronunciation given at wiktionary.

Check wikipedia for some clue about ɕ. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_sibilant

[Louiswu15]

Thanks

[augustgw]

So why is it djuren and not djurenna? Do all plurals that end in n forgo the "na"?

[Zmrzlina]

An animal, the animal = ett djur, djuret

Animals, the animals = djur, djuren

Ett-words are most often the same in indefinite singular and plural, but in the definite they get -et or -en respectively.

[C_Karis]

Is "äpple" the exception to this? Because apples means "äpplen" and the apples means "äpplena", right?

[VadimVetrovoy]

Is there "d" sound in the beginning of "djuren"?

[Zmrzlina]

No, dj- has a silent D at the beginning of words.

[JanHense]

Is it pronounced like djüren or djürem?

[Zmrzlina]

An N-sound at the end.

[DsCloak]

Do many english speakers who have moved to sweden forgo meat because of well the obvious?

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

They don't sound that alike - shert =/= what you're thinking of

[AgustDsWife]

mmm do I sense cannibalism?

[JaKastroph]

So when something has 'en' at the end, that puts 'the' in front.

[Aloha60236]

What's wrong with "The animals eat child"?

[deactivated user]

the animals EAT mEAT
Every EAT is capitalized