"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.

[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"?

[jacob738094]

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?

[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

[Ezra746950]

In this exercise, American English, the store, is not accepted as a translation of affären only British English, the shop.

[Ehsan.1984]

English Concern: is it totally wrong if i say there are hundreds lamps in the store? "ignoring OF"

[Zmrzlina]

You need the "of" there in English.