"I have dogs."

Translation: Jag har hundar.

[LaurCluste]

So... Jag (a is o)... But hundar (a is a)?

[Lundgren8]

Could you rephrase your question? I don’t really get it. The a in jag is long and the one in hundar is short.

[LaurCluste]

I mean how they're spelt ... Both a are spelt differently and i wanted to know the general rule

[Lundgren8]

Usually, when the vowel is followed by one consonant it’s short, and when followed by a double one or a cluster like nd here, it’s short. But it’s just a rule of thumb.

[Ismellbroke]

'Jag' and 'Ja' sound the same. :P 'Yes' and 'I' would be pretty wierd mixed up