"Djuren dricker vatten."

Translation: The animals drink water.

[hcarleton]

'djuret' : 'the animal'

'djuren : 'the animals'

That's going to be a tricky one to remember.

[Zmrzlina]

The same goes for nearly all ett-words that end in a consonant; they take -en in the definite plural, whereas the en-words take the -en ending in definite singular.

[Pablo_Stafforini]

This is good as a rule of thumb. A more detailed analysis may be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_grammar#Plural_forms

[jarrettph]

What is the indefinite plural then?

[Zmrzlina]

For ett-words that end in in a consonant, the indefinite singular and plural are the same. Ett djur, två djur. However, in the singular use, it will often be preceded by de indefinite article ett. Furthermore, the number of an ett-word may sometimes be deduced from words that describe it. "Vårt djur" = "our animal", but "våra djur" = "our animals".

[jarrettph]

Of course, makes sense. It's like some of our weird English words like "moose" and "deer".

[CedSgm7N]

All of the similar words are tricky to remember, such as applet and applen .....

[Ifritcher]

How would you say "the water"?. Would it be "det vatten"?

[Arnauti]

the water would be vattnet, and det vattnet would mean that water.

[canamutoni]

I would say the same "Arnauti"!

[MaryLea11]

Thanks for asking this first! I was just coming here to ask the very same. Here, have a lingot!

[Ifritcher]

Oh wow thanks!

[canamutoni]

Me too!!!

[EddBamber]

The D is silent.

[jarrettph]

Not really, it is more of a d-j sound. It's hard to explain since there isn't really an equivalent in English.

[canamutoni]

It is silent, and it sounds like "y-u" try it, "yuret"?

[jarrettph]

Ok, if you're native, I'll take your word for it.

[KathyWhite544536]

why is water here vatten, and not vattnet?

[AltheaHsu]

I wrote ”the animals are drinking water” but was not acceptable.

[CleysonVan]

you have to type in swedish

[S__O]

Varför "vatten'" är inte "the water"?