"Små grodorna"

Translation: The small frogs

[Arnauti]

The traditional Swedish dance and song Små grodorna has a fascinating history that you can read about here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sm%C3%A5_grodorna

[gringita88]

That's why I love to learn with Duolingo. Thanks sooo much for these explanations!!

[Antti22]

Och samma på finska: Pienet sammakot, pienet sammakot ne lystikkäitä on / pienet sammakot, pienet sammakot ne lystikkäitä on / ei korvia, ei korvia, ei häntää laisinkaan / ei korvia, ei korvia, ei häntää laisinkaan

[impy_imp]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gXUT5TRtiwA

[Mokvinna]

Thanks for finding this song!

[Kanwal_Raj]

Tack så mycket

[GeorgeFerguson93]

Shouldn't it be 'de små grodorna'

[Lundgren8]

Normally, yes, but this is the title of a song and the den/det/de can disappear in names.

[as2907]

All right, but how are foreign learners supposed to know that?

[Lundgren8]

Therefore, both answers are accepted.

[Vithralas]

So, if I understand it properly, "små grodorna" is wrong and it's just used in lyrics because it sounds better or something like that, and the right way of saying it is "de små grodorna", right?

[devalanteriel]

That is correct.

[Vithralas]

OK, OK, understood, thank you :D

[Christina_Hamsun]

Quite an important fact to know about though. For I have encountered such a 'case' many times and was a bit confused.

[Hazza.Svenska]

How amazing would this be if the TTS could sing this sentence :)

[ZhangtheGreat]

...är lustiga att se

[Auronius]

Ej öron, ej öron...

[Shadoque]

The german word for toad is Kröte, which sounds a bit like groda....what would toad be in swedish?

[devalanteriel]

That would be padda.

Kröte used to be Krode, so that's kind of the missing link between the words in the two languages. But nobody knows for certain - that's just an educated guess. :)

[jbrains762]

Dansen/sången: https://youtu.be/8IqEzt82bog?t=1m39s :)

[Nathalie270964]

Ok, it seems that "små" is invariable, which is a good news. But I am wondering how to say "the smallest" or "smaller than".

[as2907]

It is not invariable, it is the plural of "liten/litet/lilla".

[Nathalie270964]

Mycket intetressant! Tack!

[JoakimEk]

And to answer the initial question, smaller - smallest is: mindre - minst/minsta (predic./attrib.)

[NeenarA]

How do I say the small frog?

[NathanHill16]

I think it would be Den lilla grodan. Lilla/liten/litet/små is always tripping me up, but I found this link helpful: http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/theswedishteacher/2010/05/14/liten-litet-lilla-sma/

[NeenarA]

Thank you! :)))