"Vi har nästan sextio äpplen."

Translation: We have almost sixty apples.

[SamNicholl12]

I put "we have close to 60 apples". It means the same as "almost" to me. It might be a Yorkshire-ism though. Not sure.

[devalanteriel]

Yeah, I think that's perfectly fine. Have added that now. :)

[DUSANSILNI1389]

is nästa and nästan two different words, since i know nästa means next

[devalanteriel]

Yes. :)

[Fenris_Viaton]

Why is is "we almost have sixty apples" marked as incorrect? "we have almost sixty apples" is suggested as the correct answer.

[Esilenc]

Because the meaning is not strictly the same : "We have almost sixty apples " means you have a bit less than 60 apples, whereas "We almost have sixty apples" could mean that, but could also mean that you have 0 apples but that you're waiting for sixty apples to come by truck, for instance...

[sotnosen93]

The Swedish sentence can be translated to both though. In real life you'd know from what words you put your emphasis on, but on Duolingo the voice is just a computer used for sounding the sentence out and shouldn't be taken into account when translating it.

[gustavo-barata]

Are we not supposed to pronouce the 'o' like in TRETTI(o) and SEXTI(o)?

[dariussavory]

Nope

[porto.vanessa]

I used the word approximately and it said its incorrect. how come ?

[devalanteriel]

"approximately" could be more than sixty, but "almost" can't, so they're not the same.

[Ben_Jahh]

Why is it applen instead of appler?

[Zmrzlina]

Ett-words that end in a vowel regularly get plural -n in indefinite.

Äpplen, pianon, foton, hjärtan = apples, pianos, photos, hearts.

[Panzerhan43]

I wrote "We have at least 60 apples". Does it count?

[devalanteriel]

No, since nästan means "almost".