"De är professionella."

Translation: They are professional.

[JonathonAustin]

shouldn't professionella translate to the plural - professionals?
can someone indicate the declension of the noun?

[Arnauti]

Both are accepted but my spontaneous interpretation of this sentence is that it's not a noun but an adjective. If we speak about people being professionals as a noun, we usually use proffs. It's a bit colloquial, but very widely used. Otherwise I might use yrkesmän.
PS It's ett proffs, proffset plural proffs, proffsen

[Poliglotating]

Is the pronunciation correct? Sounds a bit weird

[Promethea.b]

It IS weird.

[efisgpr]

Like us in English (U.S., at least) saying "pros" a ton.

[efisgpr]

& tack!

[ann.moraes]

I am intrigued by the pronunciation. Any help?

[Isaac_Luna_]

Instead of being "pro-feh-shun-el-la", it's "pro-feh-hwun-el-la", with the swedish "sj" sound. It's a very unique sound, so if you can't pronounce it, at least say "hw" or something like that.

[lun678602]

If I'm not mistaken it's: /pɾɔ.fɛɧ.ɧu'nɛl.la/

[MikyNik1856]

It seems like the first sound in "Sjunger"

[purplepurpur]

It is.

[KittyPineapple]

Why does "De" sound more like "Dom"

[x7yr0n3]

It is pronounced that way.

[OlliPllnen]

But shouldn't dom also be accepted?

[Arnauti]

There's a bug with the listen and type exercises that makes the machine unable to accept any spelling variation at all in those. But it's an accepted translation when translating into Swedish.

[canislvpvsalbvs]

Is professionella really supposed to sound like this (profehunella)?

[aamirza216]

Hmm, checking frovo I found
http://www.forvo.com/word/professionella/#sv -- poor audio quality
http://www.forvo.com/word/professionellt/#sv -- professionellt
http://www.forvo.com/word/professionell/#sv -- professionell

I am going to go with (profefhunella)

[zamlet]

The "ss" sounded almost like a "k" to me, which makes perfect sense in a language where the "k" often sounds like an "s"... :)

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

It is the infamous sj sound aka ɧ.

[mbRDt7]

Is the ss/sj more of a "h w" or more of a Spanish "j"/German "ch"?

[Promethea.b]

For me the Spanish "j" is the closest.

[LeahPoindexter]

What's the difference between professionell and professionella?

[Dixy]

Singular (utrum) and plural.

[LeahPoindexter]

Tack

[baconmater]

How do you pronounce "sion" in professionella? I hear it as : huen

[yibemajam]

I am hearing two types of pronunciation for this, how do you pronounce professionella? Thanks

[flemming.d]

Sounds like the reader says "Dom" instead of "De".

[JeremyWils3]

i find the sound so poor that it sounds more like a t than a p at the beginning

[DerLutz48]

it sounds like the p is pronounced as a kw?! Is that correct??

[Aryan1337]

"Profokonella"?

[Tanya69534]

How do you pronounce ssion in swedish?? Is it like ch in German? Please help me, it's so hard.

[AngelinaCG4]

In professionell "ss" sounds like a heavy "sss", but in professionella it sounds like "h"..why is it different??

[CedSgm7N]

Another difficult word to pronounce! Yikes!

[DawudDavidDawud]

I think that is old swedish i do not know