"En pojke och en flicka"

Translation: A boy and a girl

[iohfa]

I am hearing 'och' as 'o'. Are the c and h silent or is it my bad hearing/understanding?

[Arnauti]

You're right, och is usually pronounced just o. The k sound can be heard sometimes, e.g. if people try to speak extra clearly.

[TashaDax]

Thanks, this helped.

[Leoncuy123]

duolingo esta mal porque the girl es igual que one girl

[Arnauti]

They're not the same – the girl = flickan = la niña but a/one girl = en flicka = una niña.

[MightyXT]

You mean "la chica" and "una chica", right?

[devalanteriel]

niña and chica both mean "girl".

[MightyXT]

Why aren't you learning Swedish on Spanish Duolingo? Is it not on there? Is your native language English? I have so many questions about this comment.

[devalanteriel]

That comment is over three years old. The Swedish course for Spanish speakers didn't exist then.

[rooseveltnut2]

I almost put a boy and a horse. Yes, I'm old.

[AmeliaKroatien]

It's not that hard actually

[ciaranjmm]

do you pronounce the second en?

[devalanteriel]

Yes.

[lagolas2010]

I seems to me that she actually said "En pojke och e flicka", did she?

[CalistaDerting]

Did anyone else translate "en" as " an" and then it was marked incorrect? Sorry, but, on my account I hovered above the " en" and typed " an" because it says to say that...

[Arnauti]

In English, words that start with a vowel are always "an", like "an apple", whereas words that start with a consonant are "a", like "a banana". Duo is pretty strict on this, so you need to pick the right hint.

[WraythRose]

things that start with a vowel sound but there are exceptions to the above examples, when the vowel (u, eu, e, o) sounds like a 'y' or 'w' sound e.g A euro, a one legged race.

an is also used when the 'h' is silent: an hour, an honest person, OR with an acronym when the first letter is pronounced starting with a vowel, - an FBI agent (eff = F). Hope this helps too?

[talkj]

Thanks a ton.

[deactivated user]

Wait, how can you tell if en means one or an?

[cosmic_bats]

Do you pronounce the l in flicka? It sounds like ficka not flicka.

[deactivated user]

Yes.

[cosmic_bats]

Tack så mycket.

[wizzydanny]

'en' is always translated as 'a'

[devalanteriel]

No, it can also be translated as "one", and "an".

[nanitafley]

How can I differentiate the meanings of "en". Apparently it means one/an/a

[devalanteriel]

Contextually. It's usually a/an but if it's the counting version it's usually pretty obvious. :)

[Elliot282188]

Having trouble here but not this sentence. Some sentences say pojke and other pojkea

[Goldendanc2]

Wait i thought was A boy and girl

[devalanteriel]

No, you do need the article twice.

[Zina310484]

I did it right end it sed worng

[Oleksander940296]

Wtf I just pressed the button to pronounce the sentence and somehow it's incorrect

[devalanteriel]

I would honestly turn off the voice recognition software. It's notoriously bad.

[Amelia21518]

I did it right but misspelled it and i got it wrong

[devalanteriel]

That honestly sounds like the system works as intended, then.