"Jag läser böckerna."

Translation: I read the books.

[EmmaSkye1221]

So wait book is bok and books is böcker and the books is böckerna?

[devalanteriel]

Yes, that is correct.

[Ad_Insaniam]

Why is "the books" spelled like this?

[HelenCarlsson]

You can find a list here of Swedish nouns with vowel change in the plural.

[whysok]

In what context would anyone say "i read the books"?

[TomdeKler]

my name is Cow,
and wen i can,
i reade aloud
the works of man,
u think it strange
yes how it looks,
i am a cow
i read the books

[Gabriel158822]

So why isn't "I read books" also correct? How do you say "I read books" instead of "I read the books"?

[devalanteriel]

• books = böcker
• the books = böckerna

[codyhuddles]

Thanks for the insight! It'd be nice if Duolingo explained this. Guess it expects you to know it clairvoyantly.

[devalanteriel]

The definite plural is in the lesson notes, and the word forms are introduced individually. But the lesson notes are not available in the apps, which sucks.

[Japendeeros]

"How do you know so much about Harry Potter?"
"I read the books."

[Sarah21189]

I do well in my classes. I read the books.

[oliverzelonka]

• Can you see those books? I read the books (/ =them)

[Radarau]

it also means " i am reading the books"

[Summer839859]

Do you use this if you want to say "i AM reading the books"? Or is that different

[HelenCarlsson]

It's the same in Swedish.

You can say e.g. "jag sitter och läser böckerna" or "jag håller på och läser böckerna" if you want to stress that you are doing it right now.

[Summer839859]

Thanks!

[Radarau]

you can use it that way

[Surya-Rose]

The "jag" sounds like "ye", shouldn't it sound like "yo"?

[devalanteriel]

Honestly, neither of those is a very good approximation. Perhaps "yah" is the best, but it's still not quite the same.

[AshwinVish]

'Bö-' sounds more like 'bae-' than 'boe-'. Why?

[Thatguy94]

I thought that you would add the indirect word at the end of a word when it became the direct object for example in Swedish when you say a letter you would say "et brev" but when you say the letter it becomes "brevet"

[Robbadob]

It has nothing to do with direct objects. Ett brev is "a letter" and brevet is "the letter". This changes to -na in the plural, except for neuter words that end in a consonant.

en bok / boken / böcker / böckerna
en pojke / pojken / pojkar / pojkarna

ett brev / brevet / brev / breven
ett hjärta / hjärtat / hjärtan / hjärtana

[2019/05/13]