"Vi behöver fler stolar."

Translation: We need more chairs.

[Karshen]

Can you also say "vi behöver mer stolar"? If so, what is the difference between the two?

[Lundgren8]

You can, but it’s not as accepted. It’s sort of the same as the ”10 items or less/fewer” thing in English. Stick to ”fler” but be aware of that some people will use ”mer” in its place. In formal language you use ”fler” with things you can count (e.g. chairs) and ”mer” with uncountable things like money or milk.

[skrats]

Why is money considered uncountable?

[MarquiseCarabas]

Coins or units of currency are countable, but money as a general concept is not. Just like you could count drops of water, but water itself is an uncountable noun.

[pang1968]

Nicely explained.

[VendeDraug]

Even in English, when you spend money, you end up with leas money not fewer monies :)

[yan.osh]

why is it 'fler', not 'flera' although stolar is plural?

[nickrjd]

Flera means several, I guess words like fler and mer don't follow the noun it is followed by :)

[Zmrzlina]

Actually, both fler and flera work.

[freeboprich]

Although "several" isn't accepted the other way around

[Zmrzlina]

Yes. That is because fler here is a comparison. We need more chairs.

[_adaldo]

So "Vi behöver flera stolar" = "We need several chairs", while "Vi behöver fler stolar" = "We need more chairs", right?

[QGloaf]

On mobile, this sounds like "flers dubblar".

[Serge.Fisher]

I've got stuck here, because I don't understand - what if I want to say 'we need several chairs', not more, but several?