"One of the cats sleeps."

Translation: En av katterna sover.

[Quentin1o]

One of the cats sleeps?
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[Lundgren8]

It’s one of the cats that sleeps, so it’s singular, therefore sleeps. It’s not all the cats that sleep. I know it’s a slightly awkward sentence in English however.

[aaron74996]

Can it also be said as " En om katterna sover"?

[4oYBIxtO]

No

[Trilby16]

I don't understand why the word "one" can be en OR ett. I thought one was ett in Swedish. In this sentence it is a particular number called for, not an article.

[DianPos]

Because it is a en-word, en katt. Ett av barnen sover. "One" agrees in gender with the noun it refers to.

[mesvensson]

"Ett" is the generic counting form, true, but the second it's describing a particular object, it has to agree in gender.