"She and he"

Translation: Hon och han

[justin936947]

Han/handsom/man
Hon/honney/woman ???

[Gamecool_10]

That's my way of remembering it. Hon(ey) and Han(dsome)

[night463835]

love that

[Izzy159688]

Thats a really good idea

[GrowingViolet]

...och hen

[_Sverige_Stella]

No, ...och han

[GrowingViolet]

I think you misunderstand. Allow me to clarify my intended sentence:

"Hon och han och hen."

There is more than simply "he" and "she," and Swedish is one of a number of languages that is beginning to more fully acknowledge that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_(pronoun)

[Arnauti]

I'll just add the link to our new excellent hen post here too: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/15916853

[Sophia_Eressea]

This post is two years old and i think i cannot agree with the idea that you are free not to use it. If a person prefers to be referred to as hen who are we not to accept that?

[Mia853083]

I just wanted to speak swedish because of PewDiePie...

[LadySeabrooke]

in 2019??

[kitsummer]

Has 'hen' truly, formally been introduced as a regular, gender-neutral pronoun, as I have heard in a casual conversation? If so what are its other forms?

[Arnauti]

Very late answer, but here's a link to a great post about that word: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/15916853

[rooseveltnut2]

Even on Google translate audio the och is just "o." I am going to have my work cut out for me with Swedish. Spanish has me spoiled!

[KxngDeo.]

This is really similar to Danish and Norwegian.

[deactivated user]

This will be the last comment I post before I reach my 100 day streak!!!

yay

[sceptreofevil]

Which is he and and which is she? Thanks :)

[Zmrzlina]

He = han

She = hon

[ClassiDuo]

Han Solo--a "he" (so the other one is "she")
(That's one way to remember it...)

[skirna]

I write correct answer

[lily677614]

Im bad at this

[SuperMulti4]

nice one

[SuperMulti4]

that may help me :-)

[Baudi3]

Och. One syllable?

[Arnauti]

och is always one syllable, yes. In normal speech, you usually don't hear the k at the end, unless someone speaks slowly or gives the word extra emphasis.

[Sinn-Fein]

So like oh instead of oak

[princess_c318211]

I

[lise559198]

for some reason i always miss between the two: i tend to say hon when i mean he and han when i want to say she, but it should be the other way around. since i have a basic understandinv of italian i just associate 'o' with male and 'a' with female. hahah

[solomonsaduma]

it would appear like the 'ooh' in the previous 'han och hon' has changed slightly to 'eeh' when the han and hon are switched! does anyone else hear this or do I need to slow the machine down somehow?

[Edmy17]

The pronounce is "Hum oh han"? It is like that?

[Lanned]

Yes, it's like that

[cvv.]

Ibrahimoviç must know this one..

[AliHassanB9]

hhhh

[EliseBanaan]

I just dont now it