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- "Sommar och vår är årstider."
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Small aside (not relevant, just for the sake of technicality): nouns are declined (i.e. show their declension), verbs are conjugated. ;)
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I'm learning that swedish and english are similar in that one word can have multiple different meanings. In English, spring can be the season, to run, that coily little thing, a small river.
2462
I hardly ever use definite form in general statements like 'Sommar och vår är årstider', but I know others who do.
2462
Yes, there are. När sommaren kommer I define as this particular summer coming up this year. But also På sommaren badar jag ute has definite form, even though it is about summers in general.
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No, in the speech of most native speakers, r + s always make the sh-like sound, even over word borders. It varies a bit depending on dialect – the dialects that don't have the standard r usually don't assimilate it either.
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You are quite right! One summer - en sommar, two summers - två somrar. And just as you figured out, no dubble m before a consonant. You are smart!