"Fisken och brödet"

Translation: The fish and the bread

[FransMalan]

Reminds me of the story of Jesus giving the bread and fish to the people.

[dpjoseph]

Ja! It does. That's the first thing I thought of.

[danielszeman]

If here is brödet is existing bröden ?

[CaiStubbe]

No. Because it says "brödet", then it is "ett bröd", and then it cannot end on an the "en".

[jacob738094]

I think the bröden would mean "the breads", instead

[devalanteriel]

Indeed.

[ramadanoglu]

Och sounded like O not ock

[Zmrzlina]

The ch is silent unless emphasized.

[salah876906]

Something I don't understand, when do I have to use "en" and when do I use "et" is there any rule for that?

[xEBONYJAYNEx]

Read the tips and notes section for more information on that, but there aren't really any rules for 'en' and 'et' which makes it quite difficult :(

[yxniiiii]

yeah :( it would be cool if there was also grammar rules haha

[Robbadob]

https://www.duolingo.com/skill/sv/Definite-forms/tips-and-notes

[SrMarien]

Last time i checked ö was pronounced as it is in german...

[Lundgren8]

It should be, pretty much.

[beagoodone]

What is called fish and chips

[Zmrzlina]

We usually call the dish "fish and chips" even in a Swedish context.

[Samuel597450]

Men om du vill veta det är: "fisk och potatis"

[devalanteriel]

potatis means "potatoes", not quite the same thing.

[Karin395619]

final consonants sound muted. is this usual?

[devalanteriel]

For och, yes - that's very often just pronounced as the vowel.

[Agent_KD6-3.7]

Reminds me of "The quick and the dead"

[Psiffics]

How is: 'fish and bread' not a good sentence?

[mesvensson]

Fish and bread is fine if it was "fisk och bröd". But it's "fisken och brödet". So you need a "the" in there somewhere.

[YmkjedeBoer]

I used loaf instead of bread. Why is that wrong?

[devalanteriel]

Well, they're not synonymous, and the sentence doesn't say it's a loaf.