"Kvinnan"
Translation:The woman
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I can definitely hear the "n." "Kvinna" is more pronounced as "vee - nah" while "kvinnan" is pronounced as "vee - nuhn."
I know right! Because when I first listened, I thought she said 'kvinna' but then I remember 'kvinnan' and listened it again, though after listening I still heard it like 'kvinna' so I typed it, Duo take it as a typo, thanks Duo. (´▽｀)
I listened 5 times and it is definitely two syllables both ending with 'N'.
Fun fact: "kvinna" is cognate with the English word "queen." If you speak Russian, you'll also recognize "жена" (žena, also meaning woman). All of these stem from the same Proto-Indo-European root *gʷḗn.
hi guys, could someone explain to me why is it kvinnAn, but then there is mannEn? which goes when, is there some rule?
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when we add -n next to kvinna, can i understand that -n is also like 'the' in eng?
No, the -n is actually a defined article in swedish. It is added as a suffix. Kvinnan means 'The woman' whereas 'kvinna' means just 'woman'. Same goes for 'en man' ('a man') and 'mannen' ('the man').
Keep in mind that the rules have changed since the first lesson; we are now bringing "the" into the spectrum of words as well.
is n in Swedish pronounced more like m in English, or is it somewhere in between? (that is at the end of a word) Is it just softer than our n?
It's softer than our "n."
Kvinnan - "vee - nuhn." Mannen - "man - en." Flickan - "flick - en." Pojken - "polk - en."
Is the k in kvinnan actually pronounced? I'm having a lot of trouble pronouncing the word. I keep hearing "kuh-vee-nuhn" (very subtle k sound) but I'm not used to hearing/pronouncing a k and v together.
Why is A woman incorrect? Is there a difference here between a woman and the woman?
Anyone else hearing "klinnan" with a very short l? I checked forvo and only one pronunciation example sounded like the one here.
