Topic: Swedish

"Orange is a special color."

Translation:Orange är en särskild färg.

December 20, 2014

24 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/HPFoley

    Grön är inte en kreativ färg!

    June 25, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/Polinakavalchuk

      Nightmare fuel

      September 29, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/muteprint

        So Orange the color is Orange and Orange the fruit is apelsin?

        December 20, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/davost
        • 2

        Yes, that is right.

        December 20, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/jxxmxxj
        Plus

          In other places I've heard the TTS say "särskild" with an sj-sound in the middle, but here it's different. Should it be an sj-sound here, or is there a pronunciation rule I'm not aware of?

          June 17, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/Zmrzlina
          Mod

            No, either works.

            November 4, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/jxxmxxj
            Plus

              Thanks!

              November 7, 2015
              https://www.duolingo.com/HoroTanuki

                Orange är den ny svart

                July 30, 2015
                https://www.duolingo.com/davost
                • 2

                Orange är det nya svarta :-)

                July 30, 2015
                https://www.duolingo.com/HoroTanuki

                  Thanks for correction, but why svarta? Is it plural?

                  July 30, 2015
                  https://www.duolingo.com/davost
                  • 2

                  It is the definite form.

                  • Ett svart hus
                  • Det svarta huset
                  July 30, 2015
                  https://www.duolingo.com/HoroTanuki

                    Oh, right, it slipped my mind. Thanks for the reminder!

                    July 30, 2015
                    https://www.duolingo.com/paparazzo90

                      Is there a difference between 'speciell' and 'särskild' ?

                      September 17, 2015
                      https://www.duolingo.com/Zmrzlina
                      Mod

                        Särskild is more like "a certain one" and speciell is more like "special" in the positive sense of uniqueness.

                        November 4, 2015
                        https://www.duolingo.com/paparazzo90

                          Thanks !

                          November 5, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/Wheatley36

                            So it seems that this does not accept the dialect from Skåne, where 'Brandgul' is another word for 'orange' Good to know.

                            August 16, 2015
                            https://www.duolingo.com/Arnauti
                            • 887

                            Brandgult är en särskild färg is an accepted answer.

                            August 16, 2015
                            https://www.duolingo.com/Wheatley36

                              Must've clicked on the wrong answer. Oh well.

                              August 19, 2015
                              https://www.duolingo.com/AbirbhavG

                                So brandgul would literally translate into fire yellow, or fiery yellow if I'm not wrong. Because fireman is brandman...

                                November 4, 2015
                                https://www.duolingo.com/Wheatley36

                                  Yes. Brandgul is used more in the southern parts of Sweden near Malmö and Karlskrona

                                  November 4, 2015
                                  https://www.duolingo.com/gringita88

                                    If it wasn't an en-word, would it be for example ett särskilt barn?

                                    August 19, 2015
                                    https://www.duolingo.com/Wheatley36

                                      Yes, the article is connected to the noun, so ett särskilt barn is correct.

                                      August 19, 2015
                                      https://www.duolingo.com/gringita88

                                        thanks. I was just wondering because särskild ends with "d"... so the "t" would replace it.

                                        August 22, 2015
                                        https://www.duolingo.com/Jakob_Varulv
                                        • 4

                                        Orange is my favourite colour.

                                        May 9, 2017
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