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- "I speak Swedish."
"I speak Swedish."
Translation:Jag talar svenska.
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Names are capitalized, but we don't capitalize words that aren't names like you do in English with the words for languages, months, days etc.
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Verbs belong to different groups that behave a little differently. Take a look at this page, it's a start: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/sv/Verbs%3A-Present
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svenska is the noun denoting the language (or a Swedish woman).
The adjective has the forms svensk, svenskt, svenska and svenske.
The form of the adjective ending in e can only be used about males. It is never necessary to use it, you can always say svenska instead. We usually say den svenske kocken 'the Swedish chef' but den svenska kocken is also correct.
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svenska is the noun denoting the language (or a Swedish woman).
The adjective has the forms svensk, svenskt, svenska (and svenske).
So as an adjective, svenskt and svenska are forms of the same word, you just have to pick the right one. But as a noun, only svenska works.