"The seventh book is the last."

Translation: Den sjunde boken är den sista.

[XXXMac]

Harry Potter?

[jaxxist]

do you need the second "den"? Does "den sjunde boken ar stisten" not make sense?

[Lundgren8]

No that doesn’t make sense, you only add the -en definite ending to nouns and this is an adjective. If you want to say e.g. ”the red one” or ”the last one” you use den/det as in ”den röda” or ”den sista”, with den and the -a definite ending for adjectives.

[jaxxist]

Oh of course. For some reason I was thinking of it as a noun.

[AlejandroS586382]

A Dream of Spring

[deactivated user]

Efter all denna tid? Alltid.

[Olesja386275]

Why not Sist?

[Cali343096]

I think because it refers to boken = "den sista boken" - adjectives are used in plural form if used with a definite noun

[Olesja386275]

Thank you.

[Schudith]

You can't leave out the article here ("sjunde boken")? Why?

[Zmrzlina]

Added it.

[Schudith]

Thanks, so I suppose it's correct :D

[rick201812]

I understand why "sista" here, but could you tell me when "sist" is used.