"Hello!"

Translation: Hallå!

[J.a.m.e.e.l.a.h]

I realize that hello is equivalent to hi, hey, what's up, etc. but technically they're not the same, so why is it marked wrong?

[Arnauti]

What's your question? The English word is hello so you need to translate it into a Swedish word. There are several options that are approved.

[hobomonkey990]

You probably left out "hallå," which is also correct.

[Lucia990165]

I am writing "Hallå!" and is not accepted!!!!

[devalanteriel]

I can see your error report as well. I have no idea why it isn't accepted - unfortunately, Duolingo sometimes bugs out, I'm guessing that's it. Restarting the lesson tends to help.

[rsngfrce1]

I just want to comment that I can always tell what the first word is by the fact that it is the only one capitalized, not by necessarily knowing the word.

[devalanteriel]

That is unfortunately the system doing that on its own when creating exercises. We have no way of affecting it.

[JediRepublic]

I thought that hello in swedish was Hallo not Halla with the little circle thing on top???

[Noelia.lupa.est]

'Hallo' is german

[harveybalcombe15]

How would i pronounce this? What effect does this 'å' accent have on the sound?

[devalanteriel]

It's not an accent - å is its own letter! It's as different from a as d is from b.

You can find some good pronunciations here: https://forvo.com/word/hall%C3%A5/#sv

[AlexJennings17]

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[Caro-V-M]

Does anybody know where to find the 'a' character with the circle on top? Ly keyboard does not provide this...