"A gray wolf."

Translation: En grå varg.

[goldstardodie]

why isn't "en grå ulv" okay? :S

[Reqviem1]

Strictly speaking it is, however "ulv" has a much older feel to it and would sound out of place in conversation.

[goldstardodie]

okay, thanks :)

[Zmrzlina]

What Reqviem just said. It's largely archaic.

[Sophie_Catpheel]

I wrote 'en grå älg' and it corrected me with 'en grå ulv' so...

[KenmoreChalfant]

A "g" ending in English is a hard stop. But in Swedish it sounds like a whole extra syllable to me. It sounds like var-y(e). Is this right?

[Dr.Cristina]

A gray wolf=en grå varg AND the gray wolf = Gråa vargen?

[Zmrzlina]

Almost. En grå varg and den gråa vargen respectively.

[Dr.Cristina]

tack!

[OwainLlyfr]

"The grey wolf" is sometimes translated as "Den grå vargen" as well.

[Khlo16]

Dont really understand the difference between grå and gråå

[Gymni]

Grå is singular and gråa is plural

[Lena381211]

Gråa is used for a decided substantive, the grey .. Den gråa ...

[CedSgm7N]

Varg and varje sound very similar. I suppose it would be easy to mispronounce these two words.

[AbhishekKumar52]

What's the difference between gra and gron?

[OwainLlyfr]

grå = grey

grön = green

"Grå" is pronounced somewhat an English word spelled "gro", whereas "Grön" is pronounced as though you would say "learn" using Brittish RP but swapping the 'l' for 'gr'. "Grå" = /gro:/, "Grön" = /grø:n/ or /grɜ:n/ (the Swedish pronunciation differs quite a bit on this word between different dialects).