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"The new house resembled the old one."
Translation:Det nya huset liknade det gamla.
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It is "ett nytt hus", but for the definite form it becomes "det nya huset":
en ny bil - den nya bilen
ett nytt hus - det nya huset
flera nya cyklar - de nya cyklarna
You have to put the adjective in the definite form as well, which is nya.
I still don't understand when you use definite form or what that even means.
The definitive form means there's a reference to a specific thing, not any one of a thing. For example, "the house" is definitive while "a house" is not.
In English, adjectives and nouns don't change when they are definitive, but in Swedish they do. So it's "the new house" and "a new house" in English, but "det nya huset" and "ett nytt hus" in Swedish.
Why do you need the definite article suffix AND "det"? Why not just DET NYA HUS?
In Swedish, when you have an article modifying a definite noun, you need both the separated article (den for en-words, det for ett-words, or de for plural) AND the definite suffix. That's why det nya hus is incorrect. It might seem rather redundant at first, but I promise that you'll get the hang of it quickly.
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I appreciate the wonderfully clear explanations our Mods give us. I hope you are right and I will get the hang of things like this. Övning ger färdighet. :-)
