"I speak Swedish."
Translation:Jag talar svenska.
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Pratar is the present tense form of prata. Tala is slightly more formal than prata, but is often used when you ’speak a language’. Talar is the present tense form of tala.
Does that mean that you can translate "talar" with speak, and "pratar" with talk?
No, tala can also mean ’to talk’. I don’t think there are any 1=1 translations for ’speak’ and ’talk’.
Whew, I had thought I was going crazy when I encountered "prata" later in the course but clearly remember "tala" from the first few lessons!
Are languages not capitalized in Swedish? Hoe about names of people, countries or cities?
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.
What does the "Talar" mean in the sentance? Does it mean "Speak"? I do t remember if it already told me but idk what "Talar" means...
Since "i dont speak Swedish" is "jag talar inte svenska" would "i speak a little Swedish" be "jag talar lite svenska"?
Is it correct to pronounce talar and Svenska as two separate words without r+s which is sh sound? Jag talashvenska
After little reading this issue is clear, there is no sh shound in this case :-)
Oh, but there is. Furthermore, they are considered separate words, even when R influences other sounds.
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
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.
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.
