"Det finns hundratals lampor i affären."

Translation: There are hundreds of lamps in the shop.

[David_3103]

Now i know how to describe IKEA in swedish.

[Ninety-Six]

I came here to see a comment that involves IKEA.

[like_water]

Same.

[ksushkaaaa]

can I also say something like "Det finns hundrar lampor i affären"?
so what's the special context of using "hundratal"?

[Arnauti]

If you say Det finns hundra lampor i affären, you're saying that there are 100 lamps in the shop, and people will wonder how you counted them. hundratals means 'hundreds of', it could be anywhere between 200-900 maybe, you don't know exactly.

[ksushkaaaa]

so did I get it right that "hundratals" the only way to say "hudreds"?

[Arnauti]

I think so, yes. flera hundra would be 'several hundred'.

[ksushkaaaa]

tack så mycket!

[Haesselmaas]

What is the difference between "affär" and "butik"?

[Lundgren8]

I’d say butik is typically a small store that usually specialises in one thing whereas affär is more general and is also used for bigger stores and stores that sell various things etc.

[Haesselmaas]

In that case, wouldn't it be most correct to use "butik" in this sentence?

[Lundgren8]

You could, but I think affär is also more general and can be used to cover a lot of butik-senses. But in this case, I imagine the store is quite big and professional since we’re using affär whereas a butik would more be like ”that small lamp-show down the corner”.

[TopRival75]

Are there similar words for "dozens of" and "thousands of"?

[j4cobgarby]

Not sure about dozens of, but tusental means thousands of

[Yama842603]

Does someone know the reason why affair and shop share the same word? I can see that in some of their meanings they are similar. But others are quite drastically distinct.

[elisenblack]

Shop or store. Big difference?

[ianthinae]

Not that big, in US English anyway. I'd typically use shop to mean a small business or local place, and store to mean a national chain, but it's not really that delineated a difference imo. More of a nuance thing. Not sure about British English though, I know the phrase "going to the shops" exists so maybe there is more of an official difference there?

[ouzun]

what does "hundratal" mean? how does it differ from ""hundra"?

[AlexArsena]

Hundratal means "hundreds of" whereas hundra simply means means "hundred"

[rabidlemur]

I don't know how I got that one wrong I typed the right sentence in

[RocksintheLake]

Lamp = Light bulb + socket + stand/base.
Light bulb = Just a light bulb.

[studentarija]

Why does Duolingo say it's incorrect to translate affär as a store instead of a shop? In this particular sentence

[ianthinae]

I answered "there are hundreds of lamps in the store" and it was marked correct (just told me "shop" was another correct translation), so not sure? Maybe there was something else incorrect?

[Siten10]

Why hundratals used?

[Paddorochsvamp]

hundratals mean "hundreds of", while hundra just means "hundred"

[Paddorochsvamp]

Can any number plus -tal be used to mean "[an amount] of"? Like would "det finns tiotals barn i parken" be a valid sentence?