"These people need food and water."

Translation: Dessa människor behöver mat och vatten.

[Sven-Ska]

Where can I find a quick denna / detta / dessa lesson? Tack.

[Fergal_]

There are some explanations at the bottom of this page:
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/sv/Determiners

[Sven-Ska]

Thanks (I must have skipped over that bit) :-)

[tracymorgan1]

Why is "folk" wrong in this context? :)

[creativemetaphor]

The translation above says "människor" but that's what I put and it marked it wrong and said it should be "människorna"???

[Arnauti]

You should say either Dessa människor or De här människorna.

[creativemetaphor]

Oooooohhhh thank you! I thought Dessa and De har were interchangeable.

[Arnauti]

They mean the same, but they don't work quite the same – it's a bit tricky :)

[Lisa939448]

Why not de här?

[James704885]

It gives the option for FOLK. I use FOLK. I get the answer wrong.

[Staira1]

Please explain when to use folk, människor, and person. Tack!

[SusanKreid]

Yes, please explain the differences between folk, människa, and person.

[AntiZett]

Why not de där människor?

[TomMiddle]

That would mean those, not these.

[RavenGarciaXIV]

"Dessa folk behöver mat och vatten" is apparently incorrect, despite the fact that it lists "folk" as an alternative to "människor". Annoying...

[MarksAaron]

Give these people air!

[SvenskaElev]

I had a multiple choice question with three possibilities, and one of them I checked was marked wrong. Why was "Denna människorna behöver mat och vatten" marked as wrong? It seems to translate to "These people need food and water" in Google translate, which should be correct? Or not? Why?

[KimWidman]

This was a long time ago, but... Denna is ised with singular indefinite nouns, and människorna is both plural and definite.

Denna människa behöver mat och vatten would have been a correct sentence (but not a correct translation though).

[TomMiddle]

My instinct was to use "dessa". Then I checked the hint and it said "de har" so I went with that.

[SusanKreid]

Could personer be used in this context as well as människor?

[DAWN-YELLLLLL]

Varför kan man inte använda "folk" istället för "människor"? Kan någon förklara snälla?

[DAWN-YELLLLLL]

Jag skrev, "Dessa folk behöver mat och vatten."

[eal_duo]

Det är inte lätt.... nar anvander man folk, människa eller person?
Men oroa er inte!
Anrui, Arnauti, Helen, Lundgren or Zmrzlina kommer snart att hälpa oss!