"She studies almost all summer."

Translation: Hon studerar nästan hela sommaren.

[AbirAR]

Whenever a definite noun is used together with an adjective, an article is placed in front of the adjective. So should not it be, "Hon studerar nästan den hela sommaren" ?

[devalanteriel]

hela is a special case, I don't know why but it doesn't take the article. Great question, though.

[KylCes]

why hela instead of helt

[devalanteriel]

You need the definite form, which is hela.

[MikyNik1856]

I don't wanna be that guy but why do you need the definite form?

[JoseeV64]

Because you say "sommaren", the definite form.

[g.uh]

Why is not sommar instead of sommaren ?

[fiderallala]

Literal translation: "She studies nearly all the summer" This would not be an entirely unusual construction in English. I suppose it implies a specific summer in which she is studying.

Compare with "nästan hela dagen" and "nästan hela veckan"

[Diana513423]

You would need to say 'studied' all the summer to make it a definite summer. 'studies' is with the indefinite form which speaks about summers in general

[YufeiPang]

Why it is not correct when I translate it into she studies almost all the summer

[devalanteriel]

It's either "all summer" or "all of the summer".

[brydeemer]

Shouldn't läser be accepted? Doesn't it also mean study?

[mesvensson]

"Läser" can totally be used for "study" in the right context. E.g. "Hon ska läsa nationalekonomi i höst". = "She's going to study economics in the autumn."

But if you say "hon läser nästan hela sommaren", it very strongly sounds like you're saying she reads all summer.