"A cup of sugar"

Translation: En kopp socker

[DrJohnHouse]

So you don't need the "of" in there?

[Zmrzlina]

Correct. Swedish doesn't need or want it there.

En kopp kaffe, en matsked olja, en kubikmeter vatten = A cup of coffe, a table spoon of oil, a cubic meter of water.

[Skgr136]

Is there even a word for of in Swedish?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes, it's av.

[Evelyn-Grace]

Very helpful info thanks (: where would I use "av"

[Zmrzlina]

I'm afraid I couldn't possibly list all the uses. Prepositions are tricky. I was able to google a few examples, though.

[Evelyn-Grace]

Thank you!

[benko_85]

like in german actually

[CarlSailor]

Kan du låna mig en kopp socker?

[JordanFamily3]

"Can you loan me a cup of sugar?" ?

[4070milesapart]

Is this referring to the actual measurement that we use in recipes here, or just generally a cup full or sugar?

[TwoWholeWorms]

One would hope just a cup filled with sugar, seeing as Sweden is a metric country. :)

[DuncanHill0]

In Britain, popping round for a cup of sugar is a traditional way of meeting your new neighbours, starting some gossip, or the like.

[Will709432]

Back in the 1970s! Not these days, unless you live in a village maybe

[NeryGuilherme]

I am beginning and have not already figured out when to use "ett" and when to use "en". Sounds quite basic stuff, but as native Portuguese speaker, I do not get it - yet

[mr_geoor]

I'm a Spanish speaker, I think it's like our masculine/feminine gender system. Why is a chair feminine and a wardrobe masculine? well, it's totally random. I guess we will just have to memorise each word's gender. However I have a trick: generally living things are "en", and non living things are "ett", but very generally

[jarmo517867]

You just have to know every word. In Finland sweden is quite common language, and we we must start to study it in elementary school. Even in university of technical sciences was mandatory courses. But still I dont see any rule for using those articles.

[kokainated]

It is completely random. Some words use ett, some en. There is basically no system at all behind that.

[FarhanQure3]

While both cup and glass are of neutral gender, why is it ett glas but en kopp? Read a post here that all neutral genders are ett..

[BenjaminHu334362]

Because kopp isn't a neuter noun. Glas, however, is, hence "ett glas" and "en kopp".

[BenjaminHu334362]

So do I use "av" if the noun in question is made of the material, while I omit it if it's filled with the material? So like "En kub av socker" vs. "En kopp socker"

[VikingPrank]

A sugar = Ett socker

the sugar = sockret

But what are the plurals? Google translate gives me:

sugars = socker

the sugars = socker

Is this correct?
Thanks

[DanielochM]

Is not fear WHY always am I wrong