"Pojken älskar älgar."

Translation: The boy loves moose.

[staplesnout]

"Älskar" is such a beautiful word.

[thorr18]

Strangly, älg and elk are the same word. (along with älgen, älgar, älgarna). European English speakers look at an älg and call it an elk, but American English speakers instead look at certain types of American deer, calling them elk. Here (U.S.), the Native American word is used for älg, which is "moose", but Brits call moose elk and they call elk deer!

[Robert806646]

The alternatives didn't include mooses but "moose"
And the phrase the boy loves moose seems really unnatural to me

[thorr18]

That is because the English plural of moose is always moose.

[JanuaryJahnavi]

This is just bizzare in english....

[thorr18]

Is it less bizarre to love moose in another language?

[devalanteriel]

It's definitely less bizarre in German. We even bottle moose poop to sell to German tourists. :D

[JamesSheav]

No purer love than that between a boy and his moose

[Raghnar]

The boy likes moose
Should be also correct?

[devalanteriel]

No, liking is less strong than loving.

[Hanseatisk]

Does 'älgar' sound like 'äljar' in this sentence? Mycket tack!

[devalanteriel]

Yes, whenever g follows l (L) in a syllable, it uses the soft pronunciation. So even though it's succeeded by an a here, it's really älg-ar, so the soft/hard rule of the following vowel does not apply.

[Hanseatisk]

Nice, thanks!

[Nightskymama]

Why does it show 26 comments yet it says no comments yet when I click to view?

[devalanteriel]

It's a very annoying bug, I know it occurs across a wide range of Android devices and possibly other places as well.

[myllylama]

Am I right, that "älgar" is plural? En älg, älgen, älgar, älgarna?

[devalanteriel]

That is correct. :)

[BakaNin-Nin]

(I am french) i do not understand why moose and not mooses? Isn't it plural?

[devalanteriel]

"moose" is actually both the singular and the plural in English. Some people do use "mooses" for the plural as well, though - so we accept both. :)

[Stefanos714672]

Could it be "the moose" or does this necessarily imply a substance such as moose meat?

[devalanteriel]

It doesn't really imply anything - just moose of any kind. :)

[thorr18]

"The moose" would have instead been älgen or älgarna.

[Rebeca853976]

Im not understanding the difference between älgen and älgar.

[devalanteriel]

For one moose:

• älg = moose
• älgen = the moose

For more than one moose:

• älgar = moose
• älgarna = the moose

[j4cobgarby]

Wait, is moose the plural of moose? I thought i was meant to be learning swedish, but i guess i'm learning english too

[devalanteriel]

That's correct. :)

[Bahareh34676]

Why they use älgar ? AR for what ?

[devalanteriel]

• älg = one moose
• älgar = more than one moose

[Anahita293796]

The app doesn't hear my my audio answer

[Anahita293796]

The app doesn't hear my audio answer

[WomfBrudda]

What is this grammar?!?!?!

[devalanteriel]

Normal?

[Ela499133]

The moose???

[devalanteriel]

That would be älgarna.

[SofronisChr]

The boy loves mouse, that makes so much sense :D

[Malfushion]

I struggle to see this being an organic sentence... Missing either "a moose" or "the moose"

[devalanteriel]

älgar is the plural form, so it's "moose" in the plural here. Hence no article.

[Oberich]

Why isn't it at least "the boy loves a moose" but instead the boy loves moose? Is it plural?

[devalanteriel]

Correct. :)

[Gogotier]

As working on plurals shouldn't it be 'mooses' for 'älgar'?

[devalanteriel]

We accept that as well, but the standard plural form of "moose" is actually also "moose".

[valjus96]

Only in Sweden

[Farkhat.kz]

First comment!

[LiamvanWey]

hmmm

[Eivind110]

Jäg gillar duolingo hehe

[Neal_Zod]

This just sounds like the boys loves mousse as in the dessert.

[MichellySky]

As in romantic or food? Jk

[Sophie851673]

Plural moose is the same as single moose in English, so this made my brain glitch a bit!

[Freshens]

This is why moose is a terrible word.

[C_Karis]

I didn't even know that "moose" plural is also moose.