"There are more than a hundred politicians in the Riksdag."

Translation: Det sitter fler än hundra politiker i riksdagen.

[friswing]

There are 349 members of the Swedish Riksdag

[HoroTanuki]

almost one for every day of the year

[uxSY4nUr]

Can we say över hundra politiker?

[devalanteriel]

It's a fine phrase. Not sure if it's accepted, since it's not an exact translation.

[the-scientist]

Is the usage of ''mer'' and ''fler'' always synonymous?

[Zmrzlina]

No. Essentially, fler is for number and mer for amount, but mer will sometimes overlap a bit.

[pradio]

Can't it be "det finns"? Has it to be "det är" or "det sitter"?

[devalanteriel]

det finns is also accepted.

[pradio]

Ok, so the next time it will occur, I will report it.

[devalanteriel]

Please don't - it's already in the system, so if there's a bug adding a report will only give us more work. I do appreciate the offer, though, and I generally encourage reporting.

Any chance you remember exactly what you entered? Maybe something else was wrong?

[pradio]

I entered "det finns" instead of "det sitter".

So next time if I'll spot it should I click "my answer is correct" or don't do anything?

[devalanteriel]

In this specific case, don't, because it should be accepted already so it's a bug. But for every other sentence, please do. :)

[Chrisbilljohn]

Det sitter is not on the options list so how could we know?

[uxSY4nUr]

In Swedish they often say sitter or ligger or står when in English it is just is or are.
Likewise, the English put is often sätter or lägger or ställer in Swedish.

[devalanteriel]

Additionally, hints are set coursewide so they don't necessarily apply to each individual sentence.

[Hybridsynth]

I'm wondering why 'det sitter drygt en hundra politiker i Riksdagen' is not accepted?

Edit - Oh I guess it's because drygt specifically means 'slightly more'?

[devalanteriel]

Yep, that and en. Note that än means "than", but if you're counting (which would make sense with drygt), you'd use ett.

[Hybridsynth]

Thanks!!! Yes I meant to count, can I also ask if the 'ett' can be omitted, since I recall a sentence from earlier 'det bor drygt tusen människor i byn'.

But now when I think about about it, is it because the 'dryg' is used as an adj. and tusen is an ett word, so = 'drygt tusen'? But if so, it doesn't have to be 'ett drygt tusen'? Lol I won't be able to fall asleep now.

[devalanteriel]

hundra, ett hundra, etthundra are all perfectly valid. For all of them, you put the fler än (or drygt) in front.

[Hybridsynth]

You’re a godsend, amen