"Fåglar är djur."

Translation: Birds are animals.

[kennedya100]

Imagine that.

[ManFawkes]

Huh, interesting djur doesn't change

[HelenCarlsson]

It's because it is an ett-word:
ett djur - flera djur

but for example:
en bur - flera burar (cage)
en skulptur - flera skulpturer (sculpture)

[okumasan]

I have read somewhere that ett-words that end on consonants (e.g. djur, barn, brev) do not change between singular and plural.

[KyrinCarls]

Yes they are

[ViktoriaKi7]

So, this sentence literally mean "birds are animal"? As far as I know "djur" is singular

[Arnauti]

It's ett djur, so it goes like this: ett djur, djuret and plural djur, djuren.
So djur is plural here.

[TheFunPerson9]

this is just a general question: do all the people doing the same course get the same question(s) in the same order?

[Zmrzlina]

No.

[Norman_Rockwell]

BIRDS AREN'T REAL. DON'T LISTEN TO THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPAGANDA. BIRDS. ARE. NOT. REAL.

[Malk.A]

Yeah I Believe You , Every Time We Sleep They Change Their Batteries

[blauerKobold]

This is irregular from what we have been shown to this point! We started many lessons ago with 'en fågel' and 'fågeln'. The plural keeps 'flåg-' but drops the 'el' and then adds 'ar'. I wonder how often we will see this.

[Zmrzlina]

Actually, it's the very example used in the tips and notes for plurals.

[blauerKobold]

It was about 30 minutes later when I discovered that. :facepalm:

A problem for me is that the intro sections, which really are very valuable, are positioned far enough below the main icons of a section's home page that they fall out of sight. On my display (a Windows7 notebook), I have to remember to go look for them. Unless I go to the section home page and scroll down, I miss them. This is my mistake, of course, especially considering that the content usually holds such valuable material.

Tack!

[Zmrzlina]

Varsågod!

I've done the very same mistakes when studying Dutch, missing out on valuable help. :/

[Elin.7-1]

You are far from alone in that :o)

[TheFunPerson9]

Surely, this is pretty easy to imagine, pretty hard to believe

[MelissaJen175273]

Does the d from djur disappear when said in a sentence?

[Zmrzlina]

Yes. In word-initial dj-, lj- and hj-, the first letter is silent.

[Dingus206]

False, birds arent real

[lily241105]

why did it capitalize the T in the and the B in bird. it has happend 2 me once before.???

[Sarah690505]

How come animal is djur but so is animals?

[sotnosen93]

"Ett" words that end in a consonant don't change in indefinite plural.

[AndyEXE1]

Or are they?

[frvgz]

The plural of djur is djur? As brev?

[safamajeed]

How can you differentiate if "djur" is singular or plural?

[Esraazaghl]

Wow!

[solidel]

I do not have any sound, so that I can't answer these questions!

[Margreet753743]

Do you always only use plural for the the thing you talk about? So instead of 'birds are animals' you always say 'birds are animal'?

[tusharkulkarni]

Is the D in Djur silent here? In other lessons, it is pronounced.

[Malk.A]

yes i think so

[Javholmes]

So djur can be used as both singular and plural?