"Hesten er et dyr."

Translation: The horse is an animal.

[DavidHozjan]

A horse is an animal!? I've been lied to my whole life!... My eyes have been opened!

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

No, just this specific one, note the definite article. The rest of them are aliens.

[kkcaptor]

Wow, I thought it was a lemon.
The more you know..

[Idraote]

Is it just me who heard "Hesten et dyr" without "er"?

[Alicyia1]

THAT'S WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTS YOU TO THINK!!!

[Joseph493375]

Good observation

[Alicyia1]

Thats what the government wants you to think.....

[Avalerion]

Could this only mean "this one specific horse is an animal" or also the more general "the entire species horse falls within the category animals"

[RyagonIV]

It can refer to either, depending on the context. :)

[AugustoAlbu]

The et (sound it) is pronounced so very slightly, but is there, can you hear?

[Unbedingt]

I love this sentence. :)

[Zoisyte]

I wrote "the horse is a animal" and got it wrong. I thought et stood for 'an' 'a' and 'one'

[RyagonIV]

Ah, no no. Both en and et translate to "a" and "one" in English. But "an" is a special form of "a" which is used in front of words that start with a vowel sound: an animal, an answer, an unstable rift, an organ, an hour.

[Joseph493375]

WHAT OMG I DIDNT KNOW

[wilfred190962]

Anyone else having that you have the same sentence ten times before it registers