"Her aunt is an interpreter."

Translation: Hennes moster är tolk.

[Dathanlo]

Tolk is pretty easy to remember. Just remember that J. R. R. Tolkien was a linguist

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

I got one sentence with the definite form (Tolken) and actually had to double check that the spelling was different

[lagolas2010]

That's one of the most remembering rules I've ever read in Duolingo so far

[lagolas2010]

One of the most useful^

[0036302532462]

Ha ha ha . I tried with this long name, and I even forgot what I was trying to remember. But who knows it may work for someone ...

[ElliotVadi]

I am a native Swede trying out the Swedish course on Duolingo simply because I have nothing better to do.
I translated said sentence to "Hennes faster är tolk.", which was wrong, apparently.
I believe this is quite a flaw, since "aunt" may be translated to either "moster" or "faster", depending on if said aunt is maternal or paternal.
The sentence did not specify this, which does make it hard to know what word to use.
Remember, in Swedish, we have two separate words. It's not as simple as in English.
In short, I believe this question is flawed.

[devalanteriel]

I'm guessing there was a bug, then. We normally allow both faster and moster in all sentences where it just says "aunt", for obvious reasons. :)

[Lukas296444]

That bug is still here then. Faster was wrong for me.

[devalanteriel]

Bugs unfortunately do have a tendency to not be fixed quickly here. :(

[Neco_Coneco]

What if you don't know if it is her mother's or father's sister?

[NDAHQ]

You have to know that. There are no word in Swedish that includes both 'faster' and 'moster'.

[tsKiitos]

why not henne?

[Zmrzlina]

Henne = her, as the object of an action

Hennes = her or hers, as the owner of something

[HoroTanuki]

What's the difference between hennes and hons? Can you even use hons, like "hons moster är tolk"?

[Arnauti]

No, hons is an incorrect form. You'll hear it from children at a certain age.

[johninbigd]

But "his" is hans, right? Shouldn't it be honoms to be consistent? I'm a little confused.

[devalanteriel]

Consistency in pronouns is mostly a joke in Germanic languages. Compare English: "he - him - his", "she - her - her", etc. :)

[TobiasP5]

Isn't faster och Moster the same thing?

[Super-Svensk]

No, faster is your father's sister, and moster is your mother's sister.

[TobiasP5]

Förlåt var lite oklar haha. Menar att, är inte faster och moster båda två ¨aunt¨ på Engelska?

[Polskana]

ja, faster och moster är samma sak på engelska.

[MathiasRst]

hej tobias, det är skilnad mellan Aunt och Uncle

[Kian089]

Don't we need 'en' here ?

[Lundgren8]

You don’t use it with occupations or political/religious affiliations:

• Hon är präst. (She’s a priest.)
• Han är socialist. (He’s a socialist.)
• Hon är muslim. (She is a Muslim.)

[lagolas2010]

Let's exclude arcticles at all!!! We did it in Russian already and we feel pretty good. Anarchism, liberty, freedom

[AhmedAmine448576]

Is true.

[Polskana]

alla brukar säga en ändå, det är inte fel